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Hippocampal synaptic plasticity is impaired in the Mecp2-null mouse model of Rett syndrome

Yukiko Asaka, Denis G.M. Jugloff, Liang Zhang, James H. Eubanks, Reiko Maki Fitzsimonds

Neurobiology of Disease · 2005 · 337 citations · 28 references

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Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2

Ruthie E. Amir, Ignatia B. Van den Veyver, Mimi Wan et al. · Nature Genetics · 1999 · 5K citations

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Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex

Xinsheng Nan, Huck‐Hui Ng, Colin A. Johnson et al. · Nature · 1998 · 3.4K citations

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A mouse Mecp2-null mutation causes neurological symptoms that mimic Rett syndrome

Jacky Guy, Brian Hendrich, Megan C. Holmes et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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DNA Methylation-Related Chromatin Remodeling in Activity-Dependent <i>Bdnf</i> Gene Regulation

Keri Martinowich, Daisuke Hattori, Hao Wu et al. · Science · 2003 · 1.4K citations

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Deficiency of methyl-CpG binding protein-2 in CNS neurons results in a Rett-like phenotype in mice

Richard Z. Chen, Schahram Akbarian, Matthew Tudor et al. · Nature Genetics · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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