Fragile X Syndrome Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Fragile X Syndrome, including details on symptoms, treatment, heritability, diagnosis.

Volume 5 (2009), Issue 2 (February)

1. Minocycline promotes dendritic spine maturation and improves behavioural performance in the fragile X mouse model.
   J Med Genet, 46(2): 94-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for fragile X syndrome: is there increased transmission of abnormal FMR1 alleles among female heterozygotes?
   Prenat Diagn, 29(1): 57-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A comparative neuropsychological test battery differentiates cognitive signatures of Fragile X and Down syndrome.
   J Intellect Disabil Res, 53(2): 125-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The FXG: a presynaptic fragile X granule expressed in a subset of developing brain circuits.
   J Neurosci, 29(5): 1514-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated use-dependent down-regulation of synaptic excitability involves the fragile x mental retardation protein.
   J Neurophysiol, 101(2): 672-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Altered expression of Autism-associated genes in the brain of Fragile X mouse model.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 379(4): 920-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Translational regulation of the human achaete-scute homologue-1 by fragile X mental retardation protein.
   J Biol Chem, 284(7): 4255-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Visual pathway deficit in female fragile X premutation carriers: a potential endophenotype.
   Brain Cogn, 69(2): 291-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Alpha-tocopherol protects against oxidative stress in the fragile X knockout mouse: an experimental therapeutic approach for the Fmr1 deficiency.
   Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(4): 1011-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Screening for the presence of FMR1 premutation alleles in women with parkinsonism.
    Arch Neurol, 66(2): 244-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Synaptic ionotropic glutamate receptors and plasticity are developmentally altered in the CA1 field of Fmr1 knockout mice.
    J Physiol, 587: 787-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Protective effects of melatonin against oxidative stress in Fmr1 knockout mice: a therapeutic research model for the fragile X syndrome.
    J Pineal Res, 46(2): 224-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Task-switching deficits and repetitive behaviour in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders: Data from children with Prader-Willi syndrome chromosome 15 q11-q13 deletion and boys with Fragile X syndrome.
    Cogn Neuropsychol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A review of mathematical learning disabilities in children with fragile X syndrome.
    Dev Disabil Res Rev, 15(1): 21-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Mathematical learning disabilities in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A review.
    Dev Disabil Res Rev, 15(1): 4-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Phosphorylation of FMRP inhibits association with Dicer.
    RNA, 15(3): 362-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Parent views on enhancing the quality of health care for their children with fragile X syndrome, autism or Down syndrome.
    Child Care Health Dev, 35(2): 250-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Risk of cognitive impairment in female premutation carriers of fragile X premutation: analysis by means of robust segmented linear regression models.
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 150(2): 262-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Physiological correlates of social avoidance behavior in children and adolescents with fragile x syndrome.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 48(3): 320-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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