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We hypothesized that antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) delivered to the amniotic fluid by intra-amniotic (IA) injection could safely distribute to the fetal central nervous system (CNS) and provide therapeutic benefit in the motor neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), caused by mutations of the survival of motor neuron 1 gene (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">SMN1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), leading to deficiency of SMN protein. Although the splice-switching ASO nusinersen ameliorates SMA when delivered postnatally, substantial deficits can remain in severely affected infants. Here, IA injection of ASOs into two mouse models of severe SMA increased SMN expression in the CNS. In SMA\u03947 mice, which manifest pathology in utero, prenatal treatment improved motor neuron numbers, motor axon development, motor behavioral tests, and survival when compared with those in mice treated postnatally (between P1 and P3). 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