Genetic clues to compulsive, self-injurious behaviour in rare childhood disorder

Research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behaviour and cognitive defects associated with a rare childhood neurological disease called Lesch-Nyhan Disease (LND). Two pathways found to be defective in LND are known to be associated with other neurodegenerative disease, such as Alzheimer's and Parknson's diseases, suggesting common causes of cognitive and behavioural defects in these neurological disorders...

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