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Abnormal Prefrontal Neural Oscillations are Associated with Social Deficits in MECP2 Duplication Syndrome

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC1705800), Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (2018SHZDZX01), and Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Projects (2021SHZDZX0103 and 2017SHZDZX01).

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  1. Institute of Intelligent Robotics, Academy for Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    **ao Li, Qiyu Niu & Shouyan Wang

  2. Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Yingnan Nie, Xuanjun Guo & Shouyan Wang

  3. 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

    Zilong Qiu

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

    Zilong Qiu

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Li, X., Nie, Y., Niu, Q. et al. Abnormal Prefrontal Neural Oscillations are Associated with Social Deficits in MECP2 Duplication Syndrome. Neurosci. Bull. 38, 1598–1602 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-022-00963-1

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