Women who have a child with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and are themselves carriers of a “premutation” in the gene linked to FXS are at an increased risk of developing depression and certain kinds of anxiety disorders over time, according to a recent study by researchers at the Waisman Center and the University of South Carolina.
Month: September 2015
Timothy M. Gomez, PhD
Legend: Top: A-B. 3D rendering of structured illumination microscopy (SIM) images of a human forebrain neuron growth cone triple-labeled for F-actin (red), ßIII tubulin (blue) and ADAM17 (green). A view of the apical surface (A) shows …
H. Hill Goldsmith, PhD
Legend: Left image: Children chronically at-risk for sensory processing disorders are more likely to have lower birthweight, lower gestational age, less sootheable and more fearful temperaments as toddlers. Right image: Severity of Age 4 sensory related …
David Gamm, MD, PhD
Title: Pharmacological modulation of photoreceptor outer segment degradation in Best disease patient-derived hiPSC-RPE Legend: (a) Representative western blot analysis comparing the amount of the POS protein RHO in untreated and VPA-treated (500 µmol/l) BD hiPSC-RPE at …