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Overexpression of MECP2 in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Alters Circadian Rhythm and Induces Abnormal Social Behaviors

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We thank Dr. Hung-chun Chang for valuable comments. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31625013, 81941015, and 82021001), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDBS01060200), the Program of Shanghai Academic Research Leader, the Open Large Infrastructure Research of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (2018SHZDZX05), and the Guangdong Key Scientific and Technological Project (2018B030335001).

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  1. Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Institute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China

    Hailin Liu & Zilong Qiu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Hailin Liu & Zilong Qiu

  3. Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, 201210, China

    Zilong Qiu

  4. National Clinical Research Center for Aging and Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China

    Zilong Qiu

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Liu, H., Qiu, Z. Overexpression of MECP2 in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Alters Circadian Rhythm and Induces Abnormal Social Behaviors. Neurosci. Bull. 37, 1713–1717 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00746-0

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