FMR1 and nervous system disorder: RBPs, such as FMRP, Ataxin-2, and SMN (linked to the neurological diseases fragile X mental retardation, spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, and spinal muscular atrophy, respectively) are implicated in the control of mRNA localization and local translation in neurons (Dictenberg et al., 2008; Akten et al., 2011; Fallini et al., 2011; Sudhakaran et al., 2014).