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Glutamate Induces the Elongation of Early Dendritic Protrusions via mGluRs in Wild Type Mice, but Not in Fragile X Mice

Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited from of autism and mental impairment, is caused by transcriptional silencing of the Fmr1 gene, resulting in the loss of the RNA-binding protein FMRP. Dendritic spines of cortical pyramidal neurons in affected individuals are abnormally immature and...

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Autores principales: Cruz-Martín, Alberto, Crespo, Michelle, Portera-Cailliau, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3288094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22384253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032446