The authors are thankful to the Laboratory Animal Facility at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for professional services in maintaining the Gabrb2-KO mice colony used in this study. Special appreciations are paid to PharmacoGenetics Limited, Hong Kong, China, for providing the valuable preparation of BYPA for the present study.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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The article has been approved by the AEC (animal ethics committee) of HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), identified by the approval number AEP-2022-0038 titled “Study on Gabrb2 associated functional and behavioral effects using mouse model”.
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