摘要:
Methods and assays are disclosed for treating subjects with 22q13 deletion syndrome or SHANK3 deletion or duplication, mutation or reduced expression, where the methods comprise administering to the subject insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), IGF-1-derived peptide or analog, growth hormone, an AMPAkine, a compound that directly or indirectly enhances glutamate neurotransmission, including by inhibiting inhibitory (most typically GABA) transmission, or an agent that activates the growth hormone receptor or the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) receptor, or a downstream signaling pathway thereof.
摘要:
Methods for treating a psychiatric or neurological disease or disorder using combinations of Group 1 mGluR antagonists are disclosed. In certain aspects, these methods include the treatment of a patient having a neurological or psychiatric disease or disorder associated with a CYFIP1 gene change.
摘要:
Methods and compositions are provided for evaluating an individual for relative genetic risk for autism, for identifying a form of a genetic polymorphism that is linked to autism, and for evaluating whether a compound affects autism.