Finding a Cure for Fragile X
Elizabeth Dykens, PhD, Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, researches the strengths of individuals with intellectual and developmental disorders.
With a $42,720 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation in 2001, Dr. Elisabeth Dykens at Vanderbilt University showed that startle and prepulse inhibition (PPI) are very much affected in young males are particularly affected by Fragile X syndrome. Results published.
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