FMR1 loss impairs sodium channels, hindering mouse neurons from generating the electrical signals needed to transmit information. The post Neurons struggle to spike without fragile X gene appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News.
Both human and mouse progenitor cells with the alterations struggle to become neurons and instead express genes that are typically active only in muscle or the heart. The post Autism-linked MYT1L mutations prompt ‘identity crisis’ in budding brain cells appeared first on Spectrum | Autism...