From the Osaka University media release: A research group led by Osaka University and collaborative institutions discovered that disorders in the same gene PIGG are the cause for intellectual disability with seizures and hypotonia. PIGG is…
From the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via ScienceDaily: Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have measured a significant and potentially pivotal…
From the Yale University press release by Karen N. Peart via ScienceDaily: A new study of the genetic origins of dyslexia and other learning disabilities could allow for earlier diagnoses and more successful interventions, according…
From the UCI press release by Sherri Cruz via MedicalXpress: University of California-Irvine neurobiologists have discovered a protein complex in neurons that is essential to long-term memory formation and is also corrupted in the brains…
From the University of Oregon press release via EurekAlert!: A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this…
From the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health press release via EurekAlert!: Mice engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia and exposed to lead during early life exhibited behaviors and structural changes in their…
From the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via HealthCanal: Scientists’ picture of how a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease harms the brain may have to…
From the King’s College London press release via ScienceDaily: Scientists from King’s College London have identified patterns of epigenetic changes involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by studying genetically identical twins who differ in autism…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via ScienceDaily: As the body ages, the physical effects are notable; wrinkles in the skin appear, physical exertion becomes harder. But there are also less visible processes…