Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) are types of disorders that influence how the brain functions and alter neurological development, causing difficulties in social, cognitive, and emotional ...

The ARX gene, which encodes a paired-type homeobox transcription factor, is crucial in forebrain development and interneuron specification. Mutations in ARX have been implicated in a spectrum of ...

Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues sifted through a jumble of genes implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders and identified dozens of disparate troublemakers with similar effects.

A seminal study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and Iceland has uncovered a new genetic ...

Living near green spaces before and during pregnancy as well as in early childhood is associated with a reduced risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, according to Rutgers Health researchers. The ...

Scientists have discovered a novel pathway to wake up dormant neural stem cells, offering potential new therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, learning disabilities, and cerebral ...

Maternal diabetes was associated with increased risks for intellectual disability, ADHD, and autism among offspring. Maternal diabetes increases risk for offspring neurodevelopmental disorders, ...

Researchers have discovered that brain inflammation in early childhood may cause neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. Severe brain inflammation in early childhood is known to ...

For babies born with alternative hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), an extremely rare and severe neurodevelopmental disorder, there may be no obvious symptoms for several months. Then the attacks begin: ...