Joubert syndrome is a developmental disease affecting multiple parts of the body, including the cerebellum in the brain. Now, Joseph Gleeson and his colleagues show that mouse models of Joubert syndrome show deficient Wnt-dependent cerebellar proliferation and midline fusion and that these phenotypes can be rescued by lithium, a Wnt agonist.
- Madeline A Lancaster
- Dipika J Gopal
- Joseph G Gleeson
