Fragile X Syndrome: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Complications: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), also known as FX syndrome or fragile syndrome, is the most common inherited ...

FRAXA's early preclinical support helped establish the calcium-activated potassium ("BK") channel modulator mechanism behind SPG601. FRAXA also supported the development of another BK channel ...

University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital have created a FXS clinic to care for patients and families living with Fragile X. Our clinic serves the children of Utah and surrounding states ...

Mutations in FMR1, the gene encoding fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP), located at Xq27.3 and discovered in 1991, are the leading single-gene causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Building on more than two decades of research, a study by MIT neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory reports a new way to treat pathology and symptoms of fragile X syndrome, ...

Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, have worked well in lab mice but then disappointed in humans. What would help is a noninvasive, ...

Vienna, Austria: Studies of mouse models of Fragile X syndrome and Phelan-McDermid syndrome show that treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) and the diabetes drug metformin can alleviate behavioural ...

Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, have worked well in lab mice but then disappointed in humans. What would help is a non-invasive, ...

Mark Bear and Sara Kornfeld-Sylla in Bear's lab at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. Numerous potential treatments for neurological conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, ...