title: Therapeutic implications of the mGluR theory of fragile X mental retardation.
abstract: Evidence is reviewed that the consequences of group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor (Gp1 mGluR) activation are exaggerated in the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein, likely reflecting altered dendritic protein synthesis. Abnormal mGluR signaling could be responsible for remarkably diverse psychiatric and neurological symptoms in fragile X syndrome, including delayed cognitive development, seizures, anxiety, movement disorders and obesity.
authors.affiliation: The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA. mbear@mit.edu
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bear
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D051860:Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1; D005600:Fragile X Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D051860:Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C497683:FMR1 protein, human