scientific researchers of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC), have discovered that genes Cux1 and Cux2, could be key pieces to the connections between neurons and hence, may be related with the delay mental.
Research has shown that, in practice, these genes regulate the formation of the dendrites, branched extensions of the cells in the brain and neural synapses in mammals. This means that they are responsible for proper functioning. for the study was a laboratory mouse, devoid of the gene Cux2 and saw that this animal had a decline their synapses function, as well as defects in his memory, because of the disturbances that occurred in the structure of their dendrites.
With this discovery, have not yet done described properties may have, in patients with mental delays, but could be a way to detect and possibly a road to a treatment against this disease.
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