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Synaptic plasticity deficits in a mouse model of Timothy syndrome: LTP saturation and its pharmacological rescue by nifedipine.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Mar 2025
Lado Wudu, Wu Xiaoping, Choi Sejoon, Dong Yuxin, Yang Guang, Arancio Ottavio, Tempia Filippo, Miniaci Maria Concetta, Sulzer David, Mosharov Eugene, Tang Guomei
Abstract excerpt
Timothy syndrome (TS) is a multisystem disorder characterized by cardiovascular abnormalities and a spectrum of neuropsychiatric symptoms, including language impairment, seizure, cognitive disability and autism. TS is caused by gain of function mutations in the CACNA1C gene that encodes the CaV1.2 L-type calcium channel. TS mutations have been reported to disrupt hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), a...
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