| Literature DB >> 22860169 |
Aileen Healy1, Roger Rush, Timothy Ocain.
Abstract
Intellectual disability (ID; mental retardation) is considered an immutable condition. Current medical practices are aimed at relieving symptoms and not at altering the underlying cognitive deficits. Scientific advancements from the past decade have led to the exciting possibility that ID may now be treatable. Moreover, pharmaceutical therapies targeting the most common form of inherited ID, Fragile X syndrome (FXS), may become the new benchmark for central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery: seeking cures for neurodevelopmental disorders.Entities:
Keywords: Fragile X syndrome; fragile X mental retardation gene; fragile X mental retardation protein; metabotropic glutamate receptor 5; γ-aminobutyric acid
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22860169 PMCID: PMC3369755 DOI: 10.1021/cn200019z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Chem Neurosci ISSN: 1948-7193 Impact factor: 4.418