Studies of the Fragile X Knock-Out Mouse: Improving Memory Reversal Testing and Treatment with AMPAkines

W Ted Brown, MD, PhD
$62,000 Grant

W. Ted Brown, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator

Institute For Basic Research, NY
1997-1998 FRAXA Research Grant
$62,000 over 2 Years

To develop an improved test to show learning deficits in the FMR1 knock-out mouse model of Fragile X, and then to test the effects of experimental drugs (Ampakines) that may be effective in treating these deficits.

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