15 hours agoA new gene that causes autism is identified
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(3 years ago)Mutations in the Caprin1 gene turn out to be responsible for disbalancing in neural mechanisms, which provokes concerns of the spectrum of autism, such as delays in habits, intellectual impossibleness, attention deficit and hyperactivity. Research, published in the scientific magazine Brain, is the result of the work of an international group under the direction of Turin University and [...]
Mutations in the Caprin1 gene turn out to be responsible for disbalancing in neural mechanisms, which provokes concerns of the spectrum of autism, such as delays in habits, intellectual impossibleness, attention deficit and hyperactivity.
Research, published in Brain's scientific magazine, is the result of the work of an international group under the direction of Turin and Keln University.
According to the authors of the study, discovery is important because it explains the biological role of Caprin1 and how it regulates the synthesis of neurons by thus adjusting the work of many genes in the brain. So this protein is regulatory of many biological mechanisms of neurons, and because of this discovery, it can identify a chain process related to neurodevelopion concerns.
