Glutamate receptors have long been implicated in neurological processes underpinning learning and memory. A new study now shows that mutations in genes encoding glutamate receptor subunits can cause variable neurodevelopmental phenotypes including intellectual disability and epilepsy.
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Gécz, J. Glutamate receptors and learning and memory. Nat Genet 42, 925–926 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1110-925
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