News tagged with rett syndrome
Inhibitory neurons key to understanding neuropsychiatric disorders
The brain works because 100 billion of its special nerve cells called neurons regulate trillions of connections that carry and process information. The behavior of each neuron is precisely determined by the proper function ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Rett Syndrome scientist makes significant discovery
A paper published online today in Nature Neuroscience reveals the presence of methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) in glia. MeCP2 is a protein associated with a variety of neurological disorders, including Rett Syndrome, the mo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Life threatening breathing disorder of Rett syndrome prevented
A group of researchers at the University of Bristol have sequestered the potentially fatal breath holding episodes associated with the autistic-spectrum disorder Rett syndrome.
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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A common thread links multiple human cognitive disorders
A new study reveals that a common underlying mechanism is shared by a group of previously unrelated disorders which all cause complex defects in brain development and function. Rett syndrome (RTT), Cornelia de Lange syndrome ...
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Rett syndrome mobilizes jumping genes in the brain
With few exceptions, jumping genes-restless bits of DNA that can move freely about the genome-are forced to stay put. In patients with Rett syndrome, however, a mutation in the MeCP2 gene mobilizes so-called ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 17, 2010 |
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