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Library Categories > Research > Lack of Two Related Genes Disrupts Sleep Cycle

 
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Lack of Two Related Genes Disrupts Sleep Cycle 		   
Summary Statement:

The lack of two related genes tied to autism may also disrupt the body's natural sleep cycle and cause further mental impairment, a new report says.

Mice lacking the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1) and a similar gene called fragile X-related gene 2 (FXR2) have a very irregular, non-rhythmic sleep-wake pattern rather than the rodent's normal cycle of roughly under 12 hours awake and 12 hours asleep, according to a consortium of researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
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sleep
Submission Date:

06/29/2008by: shannonj
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