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Fragile dopamine

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Dopamine dysfunction, which is implicated in Parkinson's disease and drug addiction, seems an unlikely culprit in fragile X syndrome. A surprising set of findings means a rethink is required.

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Figure 1: FMRP-mediated regulation of dopamine signalling.

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  1. David Weinshenker and Stephen T. Warren are in the Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. dweinsh@emory.edu swarren@emory.edu,

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Weinshenker, D., Warren, S. Fragile dopamine. Nature 455, 607–608 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455607a

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