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A New Link Between Insulin Signaling and Fragile X Syndrome

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This article was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471125 and 31671215), as well as the “One Thousand Talents Plan of China”.

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    Bei Bu & Luoying Zhang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Bei Bu & Luoying Zhang

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Bu, B., Zhang, L. A New Link Between Insulin Signaling and Fragile X Syndrome. Neurosci. Bull. 33, 118–120 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-016-0083-0

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