gamma amino butyric acid
New data uncover common molecular pathways between Rett syndrome, autism and schizophrenia
The laboratory of Huda Zoghbi, where the discovery that mutations in the gene MECP2 cause the severe childhood neurological disorder Rett Syndrome was made, has taken yet another step toward unraveling the complex epigenetic functions of this gene, …
Sensitivity to alcohol odors may indicate a genetic predisposition to alcohol dependence
Prior research had found an association between DNA sequence variations in a gene that encodes parts of the brain’s gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptors (the GABRA2 gene) and alcohol dependence.
New research has found that the GABRA2 g…