Mapping the neuron-behavior link in Rett Syndrome
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 12:21
in Health & Medicine
A link between certain behaviors and the lack of the protein associated with Rett Syndrome - a devastating autism spectrum disorder - demonstrates the importance of MeCP2 (the protein) and reveals never-before recognized functions associated with aggression and obesity, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the current issue of the journal Neuron.
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