Stress Odorant Sensory Response Dysfunction in Drosophila Fragile X Syndrome Mutants

Sensory processing dysfunction (SPD) is present in most patients with intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Silencing expression of the Fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene leads to Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common single gene cause of ID and ASD. Drosophila...

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Main Authors: Alaura Androschuk, Richard X. He, Savannah Weber, Cory Rosenfelt, Francois V. Bolduc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2018.00242/full