Cellular origins of auditory event-related potential deficits in Rett syndrome

Sensory processing deficits are observed in individuals with Rett syndrome and MeCP2-deficient mice. Here, the authors show that it is the loss of MeCP2 specifically in forebrain inhibitory neurons that leads to deficits in auditory-evoked local field potentials and elicits the seizures observed in MeCP2-deficient mice.