Building on more than two decades of research, a study by MIT neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and ...

MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling ...

GPs were today urged to widen testing for an incurable genetic condition, often mistaken for autism, that can cause learning ...

This morning's session at the Keystone meeting on the pathophysiology of autism in Santa Fe, New Mexico, focused on the disorder's link to Fragile X syndrome. Like autism, Fragile X is associated with ...

Rates of genetic testing for autism and intellectual and development disorders were associated with race, gender, and insurance company.

People are more likely to have autism if they have related genetic disorders, such as fragile X syndrome, Rett syndrome, and tuberous sclerosis. Autism is also more likely due to a number of ...

MIT researchers suggests a potential molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome by enhancing NMDA subunit function.

Fragile X syndrome provides a case study in this approach that weds treatment strategies for a rare disorder with the possibility of understanding the underpinnings of autism. This genetic ...

A recent theory about the basis for fragile X syndrome is now validated in a mouse model. The findings point the way to treatment options targeting group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors.