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Research by Topic: mGluR5
Better animal model, new drug target discovered at Duke
Published May 10, 2016Scientists at Duke Health, including ASF fellow Alexandra Bey, recently showed that targeting a brain receptor in mice with a specific type of autism could ease repetitive behaviors and improve learning in some animals. This report, published in Nature Communications, suggests that among more than a dozen different lines of mice developed around the world to mirror […]
Filed under: Animal Models, ASF fellowship, featured, mGluR5, repetitive behaviors