Mental retardation and epilepsy can result from the aberrant migration of neurons during development. An experimental treatment in prenatal mice restores normal patterns of migration and eases symptoms (pages 84–90).
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Kerjan, G., Gleeson, J. Moving neurons back into place. Nat Med 15, 17–18 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0109-17
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