Century-old drug reverses autism-like symptoms in fragile X mouse model

Researchers previously reported that a drug used for almost a century to treat trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, reversed environmental autism-like symptoms in mice. Now, a new study suggests that a genetic form of autism-like symptoms in mice are also corrected with the drug, even when treatment was started in young adult mice.

Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news