Genetics
Sorting out risk genes for brain development disorders
Gene discovery research is uncovering new information about similarities and differences underlying various neurodevelopmental disorders.
Feb 23, 2017
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Genetics
Low-carb diet alleviates inherited form of intellectual disability in mice
Experimenting on mice with a genetic change similar to that found in people with a rare inherited disease called Kabuki syndrome, Johns Hopkins scientists report that a very low-carbohydrate diet can "open up" DNA and improve ...
Dec 19, 2016
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Genetics
Researchers uncover new potential genetic links to common brain disorder
An international group of researchers has for the first time identified a set of 30 inherited recessive genes that play a role in intellectual disability (ID), a neurodevelopmental disorder that, according to the Centers ...
Sep 8, 2016
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Genetics
New intellectual disability syndrome caused by genetic damage to single gene
Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have found a gene responsible for an intellectual disability disorder and proven how it works. The research, published in the ...
Jul 21, 2016
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism with intellectual disability linked to mother's immune dysfunction during pregnancy
Pregnant women with higher levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, proteins that control communication between cells of the immune system, may be at significantly greater risk of having a child with autism combined ...
Jun 7, 2016
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Neuroscience
Two potential therapeutic avenues for spasticity
Following spinal cord injury, most patients experience an exaggeration of muscle tone called spasticity, which frequently leads to physical disability. A team at the Institut de Neurosciences de la Timone (CNRS/Aix-Marseille ...
Mar 17, 2016
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Medical research
Breaking the brain's garbage disposal: Study shows even a small problem causes big effects
You wouldn't think that two Turkish children, some yeast and a bunch of Hungarian fruit flies could teach scientists much. But in fact, that unlikely combination has just helped an international team make a key discovery ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Genetics
Link between autism genes and higher intelligence, study suggests
Genes linked with a greater risk of developing autism may also be associated with higher intelligence, a study suggests.
Mar 10, 2015
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Genetics
Seven genes for X-linked intellectual disability
X-linked intellectual disability is a disorder that predominantly affects men and can have highly variable clinical manifestations. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin have found seven ...
Feb 13, 2015
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Genetics
New genetic clues found in fragile X syndrome
Scientists have gained new insight into fragile X syndrome—the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability—by studying the case of a person without the disorder, but with two of its classic symptoms.
Jan 16, 2015
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