Alterations of Amino Acids and Monoamine Metabolism in Male Fmr1 Knockout Mice: A Putative Animal Model of the Human Fragile X Mental Retardation Syndrome
The Fragile X syndrome, a common form of mental retardation in humans, is caused by silencing the fragile X mental retardation (FMR1) geneleading to the absence of the encoded fragile X mental retardation protein 1 (FMRP). We describe morphological and behavioral abnormalities for both affected huma...
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Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001-01-01
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Series: | Neural Plasticity |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2001.285 |
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