Memory Process Restored In Most Common Form Of Mental Disability
University of California, Irvine scientists have discovered how to reverse the learning and memory problems inherent in the most common form of mental impairment.Neurobiologist Julie Lauterborn and her colleagues identified how a mutated gene linked to fragile X syndrome blocks brain cells from locking new memories into lasting ones. The gene — called fragile X mental retardation 1 (Fmr1) — is turned off in people with fragile X syndrome.
