To understand differences in neural activity between FXS and non-FXS individuals when responding to different frequencies, Thorpe said, researchers played an auditory “chirp,” or sound stimulus, and ...

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 ...

A new study suggests a potential molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome, an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that causes autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. This ...

Scientists have created a new therapeutic approach for testing fragile X syndrome, which is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This method aims to alter a type of neural ...

Les Laboratoires Servier said that it agreed to acquire a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), from its original developer ...

UC Davis MIND Institute researchers Randi and Paul Hagerman are calling for increased awareness and screening for fragile X-associated conditions. In a new paper published in the New England Journal ...

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, ...

A Dunfermline mum is set on raising awareness of her son's rare genetic condition after saying she feels there's been 'no support' from the system.

It was one of the most powerful “guest lectures” the Purdue University students in PSY 39200 (Psychology of Neurogenetic Syndromes) have ever heard. Bridgette Kelleher, associate professor in the ...

A family from Johnston County took their advocacy to Capitol Hill on February 24, participating in National Fragile X Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. Brittany Tillman and her family met with North ...

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 ...