Researchers identify first drug to demonstrate therapeutic effect in a type of autism
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a drug that improves communication between nerve cells in a mouse model of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS). Behavioral symptoms of PMS fall under the autism spectrum disorder category. The research will be presented Friday at the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in Philadelphia.