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- Received January 11, 2011
- Revision received April 1, 2011
- Accepted April 18, 2011
- First published June 1, 2011.
- Version of record published June 1, 2011.
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- Received January 11, 2011.
- Revision received April 1, 2011.
- Accepted April 18, 2011.
Editor's Note: Disease Focus articles provide brief overviews of a neural disease or syndrome, emphasizing potential links to basic neural mechanisms. They are presented in the hope of helping researchers identify clinical implications of their research. For more information, see http://www.jneurosci.org/misc/ifa_minireviews.dtl.
This work is supported by the National Institutes of Health (Grant HD062553 to J.L.N.; Grant T32-NS043124 to R.C.S.) and the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. J.L.N. is the Cynthia and Anthony G. Petrello Endowed Scholar of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute. We are grateful to Christopher McGraw for critical reading of the manuscript.
Sources of additional information include the following: National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Neurological Disorders of the National Institutes of Health (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rett/rett.htm), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/rett_syndrome.cfm), National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/autism/introduction.shtml), International Rett Syndrome Foundation (http://www.rettsyndrome.org/), and Rett Syndrome Research Trust (http://www.rsrt.org/).
- Correspondence should be addressed to Jeffrey L. Neul, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, 1250 Moursund Street, Suite 1250.18, Houston, TX 77030. jneul{at}bcm.edu
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