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Caption: Representative iPSC-derived neurons from Timothy syndrome patient (bottom) shows increased numbers of neurons that produce the chemical messengers norepinephrine and dopamine, compared to those from a control subject (top).
Credit: Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D., Stanford University
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