NitroSynapsin therapy for a mouse MEF2C haploinsufficiency model of human autism
Human MEF2C haploinsufficiency results in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but it is unclear if the same is true in mice. Here, the authors show that Mef2c +/− mice have behavioral defects and neuronal abnormalities similar to ASD, and symptoms can be ameliorated with the new drug, NitroSynapsin.
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Main Authors: | Shichun Tu, Mohd Waseem Akhtar, Rosa Maria Escorihuela, Alejandro Amador-Arjona, Vivek Swarup, James Parker, Jeffrey D. Zaremba, Timothy Holland, Neha Bansal, Daniel R. Holohan, Kevin Lopez, Scott D. Ryan, Shing Fai Chan, Li Yan, Xiaofei Zhang, Xiayu Huang, Abdullah Sultan, Scott R. McKercher, Rajesh Ambasudhan, Huaxi Xu, Yuqiang Wang, Daniel H. Geschwind, Amanda J. Roberts, Alexey V. Terskikh, Robert A. Rissman, Eliezer Masliah, Stuart A. Lipton, Nobuki Nakanishi |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/386d48d4311a447bb8bff05a85d294e7 |
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