Child neurologist finds potential route to better treatments for Fragile X, autism
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers describe a major reason why current medications only moderately alleviate Fragile X symptoms. His team discovered that three specific drugs affect three different kinds of neurotransmitter receptors that all seem to play roles in Fragile X. As a result, current Fragile X drugs have limited benefit because most of them only affect one receptor.