Current treatments

Improvements in the diagnosis of Rett Syndrome have, as yet, no parallels in treatment. Medicine can offer only supportive measures: feeding tubes, orthopedic braces and surgeries, and trials of standard seizure medications which are often ineffective in Rett Syndrome.

Banner image - Mouse neurons from the nodose ganglia (part of the vagus nerve). MECP2 stains green. Photography courtesy of David Katz/Journal of Neuroscience.