Kenneth J. Mack, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator (2000-2001) Peter K. Todd, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2001)
FRAXA Awards: $29,000 in 2001 $20,000 in 2000
by Katie Clapp, FRAXA, 1/1/2004
While a professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Mack investigated whether and how FMRP levels are regulated in response to neuronal stimulation in vivo (in live animals). He looked at the effects of seizures and of experience in his experiments.
Dr. Mack and colleagues published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: The fragile X mental retardation protein is required for type-I metabotropic glutamate receptor-dependent translation of PSD-95 Peter K. Todd, Kenneth J. Mack, and James S. Malter PNAS | November 25, 2003 | vol. 100 | no. 24