Fragile X

“Reducing glutamate signaling pays off in fragile X” https://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v14/n3/full/nm0308-249.html “This has become a long-standing unanswered question in the fragile X field, which is also relevant to autism pathogenesis. Our current study generated astrocyte-specific Fmr1 conditional knock-out and restoration mice, and provided compelling evidence that the selective loss of astroglial FMRP contributes to cortical synaptic deficits in FXS, likely through the dysregulated astroglial glutamate transporter GLT1 expression and impaired glutamate uptake. These results demonstrate previously undescribed astrocyte-mediated mechanisms in the pathogenesis of FXS.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27383586 “We observed significantly reduced levels of protein for FMRP in adults with autism, significantly increased [...]