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NATURE
Volume 455, Issue 7215, Pages 912-918Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/nature07457
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [1R01 NS057819-01, T32 NS43124, 1K08 NS062711-01]
- Simons Foundation
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Failure of normal brain development leads to mental retardation or autism in about 3% of children. Many genes integral to pathways by which synaptic modification and the remodelling of neuronal networks mediate cognitive and social development have been identified, usually through loss of function. Evidence is accumulating, however, that either loss or gain of molecular functions can be deleterious to the nervous system. Copy- number variation, regulation of gene expression by non- coding RNAs and epigenetic changes are all mechanisms by which altered gene dosage can cause the failure of neuronal homeostasis.
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