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Doering, Laurie

Laurie Doering, PhD, Professor at McMaster University, studies neural cell biology in both normal development and neurodevelopmental disorders. His current focus in on autism and Fragile X syndrome.

Correcting Defects in Astrocyte Signaling in Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation September 14, 2016February 25, 2020
Laurie Doering, PhD

With a $90,000 grant from the FRAXA Research Foundation from 2015-2016, Dr. Laurie Doering and Dr. Angela Scott at McMasters University studied astrocytes in Fragile X. Astrocytes, brain cells which support neurons, do not transmit signals. Several treatment strategies for Fragile X have been proposed based on correction of “astrocyte phenotypes”.

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