A new mouse study reveals a drug compound is effective at treating and potentially reversing symptoms of Fragile x syndrome.
According to researchers, a mutation in a gene associated with brain development may dispose people to various psychiatric illnesses as it reduces synapse numbers. Lithium may help to restore some of the synapses.
Researchers have developed a new model to study neurodegenerative diseases which affect motor neurons, such as ALS.
Researchers have successfully developed a method which allows stem cells to spontaneously grow into human retina cells.