Promising Horizons for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Neuroscience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 21 October 2024 | Viewed by 29

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Section of High Resolution Brain Positron Emission Tomography Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests: autism spectrum disorder (ASD); catatonia; movement disorders; neurobehavioral measurements; neurodevelopmental disabilities; neurodegenerative disorders; positron emission tomography (PET); rating scales; schizophrenia; signal processing

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1. Departments of Psychiatry and Neurogenetics, Fragile X Clinic, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
2. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-Child Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests: autism spectrum disorder; fragile X syndrome; neurodevelopmental disorders
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Dear Colleagues,

Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the leading single-gene cause of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), afflicts about 1 in 7000 males and 1 in 11,000 females. FXS results from deficiencies in the Fragile X Messenger Ribonuclear Protein (FMRP), leading to the accumulation of more than 200 cytosine-guanine-guanine (CGG) repeats. This Special Issue will focus on novel discoveries in basic scientific models of FXS and their applications to innovative clinical translational investigations to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of FXS in humans. Research reports about promising advances from basic scientists, clinical translational investigators, and clinicians are sought.

Dr. James Brasic
Dr. Dejan Budimirovic
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Keywords

  • fragile X syndrome
  • intellectual disability
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • clinical trials
  • placebo effect
  • quantitative measures
  • clinical translational investigations
  • basic sciences
  • fragile X messenger ribonuclear protein (FMRP)
  • genetics

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