Three models, three routes to altered auditory processing, and more
thetransmitter.org
A zebrafish study comparing autism models with mutations in FMR1, MECP2, and CNTNAP2 reveals that these distinct genetic variants lead to similar auditory processing alterations through different neural mechanisms. While the FMR1 model showed immediate excitatory-inhibitory imbalances, the other models exhibited delayed changes in network activity over time. The findings suggest that diverse genetic factors can cause comparable sensory behaviors via varied circuit- and network-scale pathways.
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