Gastrointestinal (GI) conditions are common among children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs), and are associated with functional impairment, behavioral symptoms, and increased health care ut...

In a new study, Yale researchers identified drug candidates that reverse disrupted behaviors in zebrafish carrying mutations in autism risk genes.

By utilizing long-read sequencing, an emerging technique that reads large sections of the genome at once, scientists at UC San Diego have revealed new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

By utilizing long-read sequencing, an emerging technique that reads large sections of the genome at once, scientists at UC San Diego have revealed new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum…

Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential studies underpinning these...

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.

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The projects plan to study gene-and-environment interactions in people, stem cells and organoids, as well as predictors of positive life outcomes.

Genetic testing may provide important diagnostic information for individuals with schizophrenia, but the frequency with which clinically significant variants are identified across different testing ap...

Genetic testing may provide important diagnostic information for individuals with schizophrenia, but the frequency with which clinically significant variants are identified across different testing ap...

Nature Communications - Here the authors present a method to transform polygenic scores into disorder probabilities using only GWAS summary statistics, genotype data and a prior - no tuning sample...

Developmental Synaptopathies Consortium works to improve the lives of patients and families affected by developmental synaptopathies.

Overgrowth intellectual disability syndromes (OGIDs) caused by mutations in the PI3K-AKT-MTOR pathway present significant neurobehavioral challenges. While PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (PHTS) has bee...

Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Psychiatry: RFX3 Haploinsufficiency in a Hospitalized Adolescent With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Behavioral Decompensation

Recently, de novo variants in an 18 nucleotide region in the centre of RNU4-2 were shown to cause ReNU syndrome, a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) that is predicted to affect tens of thous...

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