18th International Fragile X and Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders Workshop, Quebec, Canada

In Their Own Words: Reports From the International Fragile X Workshop

October 29, 2017

The 18th International Fragile X Workshop in Quebec was a great success, featuring more Fragile X research than ever before!

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NIH Investigator Carolyn Beebe Smith, PhD, Looks to Improve Sleep in Fragile X Syndrome

November 17, 2016

Our sons with Fragile X Syndrome typically go to bed early and rise early. Sometimes they jump on us while we are sleeping at 3 a.m., excited to start their day. For heaven’s sake, why? The answer may come from Carolyn Beebe Smith, PhD, senior investigator, Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. She is studying why children, in particularly boys, with FXS have problems sleeping.

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Altered Sleep in Fragile X Syndrome: Basis for a Potential Therapeutic Target

September 5, 2016

With this FRAXA grant, Dr. Carolyn B. Smith and Dr. Rache Sare at the National Institute of Mental Health investigated the basis of sleep problems in Fragile X syndrome.

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Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal (HPA) Axis Dysregulation in Fragile X Syndrome

August 23, 2006

With $62K from FRAXA, Dr. Carolyn Smith studied the HPA stress axis in Fragile X mice, finding hormonal stress recovery unaffected. Results published.

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