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Lovastatin, not Simvastatin, Corrects Core Phenotypes in the Fragile X Mouse Model

Melania Muscas, Susana R. Louros and Emily K. Osterweil
eNeuro 30 May 2019, 6 (3) ENEURO.0097-19.2019; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0097-19.2019
Melania Muscas
1Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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Susana R. Louros
1Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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Emily K. Osterweil
1Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0097-19.2019
PubMed 
31147392
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History 
  • Received March 15, 2019
  • Revision received May 11, 2019
  • Accepted May 13, 2019
  • Published online May 30, 2019.
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Copyright © 2019 Muscas et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

Author Information

  1. Melania Muscas1,
  2. Susana R. Louros1 and
  3. Emily K. Osterweil1
  1. 1Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Emily K. Osterweil at emily.osterweil{at}ed.ac.uk
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: M.M., S.R.L., and E.K.O. designed research; M.M. and S.R.L. performed research; M.M. and S.R.L. analyzed data; M.M., S.R.L., and E.K.O. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship 104116/Z/14/Z, the Medical Research Council Grant MR/M006336/1, and Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain.

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  • Wellcome Trust (Wellcome)

    Sir Henry Dale fellowship 104116/Z/14/Z
  • Medical Research Council (MRC)

    MR/M006336/1
  • Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain

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