Decreased levels of binding gene affect memory and behaviour

Reducing the activity of a gene called FKBP12 in the brains of mice affected neurone-to-neurone communication (synapse) and increased both fearful memory and obsessive behaviour, indicating the gene could provide a target for drugs to treat diseases such as autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disease and others, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report in the current issue of the journal Neuron...

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