Oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic substances in the mind are associated with managing social conduct Kumar Jeetendra | September 4, 2020 In humans, mutations of this gene cause Rett syndrome, a rare disorder of the neural development that causes, among other ailments, a reduction of language and of their capacity to roam, traits of autistic diseases and epilepsy. Nonapeptides, peptide chains with nine amino acids like oxytocin and vasopressin, are found in the cerebral nuclei that …
Scientists portray regions of DNA that sway MECP2 expression Kumar Jeetendra | March 19, 2021 Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital (NRI) have identified and characterized two regions of DNA required for the proper expression of Mecp2/MECP2 in mice and humans. These findings, published in Genes & Development, are helping to shed light on the purpose of …
