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Loss of Mecp2 Causes Atypical Synaptic and Molecular Plasticity of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Reflecting Rett Syndrome–Like Sensorimotor Defects

Noemi Morello, Riccardo Schina, Federica Pilotto, Mary Phillips, Riccardo Melani, Ornella Plicato, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Lucas Pozzo-Miller and Maurizio Giustetto
eNeuro 11 September 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0086-18.2018; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0086-18.2018
Noemi Morello
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Corso M. D’Azeglio 52, Turin, 10126, Italy
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1Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Corso M. D’Azeglio 52, Turin, 10126, Italy
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2Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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3Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Area San Salvi Pad. 26, Florence, 50135, Italy
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Tommaso Pizzorusso
3Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Area San Salvi Pad. 26, Florence, 50135, Italy
4Institute of Neuroscience, National Research Council (CNR), via Moruzzi 1, Pisa, 56124, Italy
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Loss of Mecp2 Causes Atypical Synaptic and Molecular Plasticity of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Reflecting Rett Syndrome–Like Sensorimotor Defects
Noemi Morello, Riccardo Schina, Federica Pilotto, Mary Phillips, Riccardo Melani, Ornella Plicato, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Maurizio Giustetto
eNeuro 11 September 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0086-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0086-18.2018

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Loss of Mecp2 Causes Atypical Synaptic and Molecular Plasticity of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Reflecting Rett Syndrome–Like Sensorimotor Defects
Noemi Morello, Riccardo Schina, Federica Pilotto, Mary Phillips, Riccardo Melani, Ornella Plicato, Tommaso Pizzorusso, Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Maurizio Giustetto
eNeuro 11 September 2018, 5 (5) ENEURO.0086-18.2018; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0086-18.2018
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Keywords

  • cerebral cortex
  • neuroanatomy
  • parvalbumin-expressing interneurons
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Structural synaptic plasticity
  • X-linked intellectual disability

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