{"id":206910,"date":"2025-02-21T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/mit-neuroscientists-discover-a-tiny-brain-receptor-that-could-transform-fragile-x-treatment"},"modified":"2025-02-21T07:22:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:22:51","slug":"mit-neuroscientists-discover-a-tiny-brain-receptor-that-could-transform-fragile-x-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/mit-neuroscientists-discover-a-tiny-brain-receptor-that-could-transform-fragile-x-treatment","title":{"rendered":"MIT Neuroscientists Discover a Tiny Brain Receptor That Could Transform Fragile X Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocNwEWMzTPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling pathway. By targeting a specific subunit of NMDA receptors, they successfully reduced excessive protein synthesis in the brain, a hallmark of the disorder. Their approach, tested in fragile X model mice, not only corrected molecular imbalances but also improved synaptic function and reduced disease symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling pathway. By targeting a specific subunit of NMDA receptors, they successfully reduced excessive protein synthesis in the brain, a hallmark of the disorder. Their approach, tested in fragile X model mice, not only corrected molecular imbalances but also [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}