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Faithful Expression of Multiple Proteins via 2A-Peptide Self-Processing: A Versatile and Reliable Method for Manipulating Brain Circuits

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Rapid, reproducible transduction of select forebrain regions by targeted recombinant virus injection into the neonatal mouse brain

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A Simplified Baculovirus-AAV Expression Vector System Coupled With One-step Affinity Purification Yields High-titer rAAV Stocks From Insect Cells

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A functional screen implicates microRNA-138-dependent regulation of the depalmitoylation enzyme APT1 in dendritic spine morphogenesis

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The State of Synapses in Fragile X Syndrome

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The Autistic Neuron: Troubled Translation?

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GABA Actions in Hippocampal Area CA3 During Postnatal Development: Differential Shift From Depolarizing to Hyperpolarizing in Somatic and Dendritic Compartments

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The Actin-Binding Protein Abp1 Controls Dendritic Spine Morphology and Is Important for Spine Head and Synapse Formation

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Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease

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