Fragile X and Down syndromes share signalling pathway for intellectual disability
Friday, August 3, 2012 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Intellectual disability due to Fragile X and Down syndromes involves similar molecular pathways, researchers report. The two disorders share disturbances in the molecular events that regulate the way nerve cells develop dendritic spines, the small extensions found on the surface of nerve cells that are crucial for communication in the brain.