An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

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

Brian Lee, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology at the Dornsife School of Public Health, received a 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant of $4M to study possible links between ...

Jane, Julie, and Jemma are 6-year-old classmates. The three girls show several similarities in behaviour and cognition. All three struggle with starting new tasks, task-switching, sustaining attention ...

Scientists have discovered 15 additional genetic mutations in the KCNK9 gene that cause a neurodevelopmental syndrome. Symptoms of the disorder range from speech and motor impairment to behavioral ...

In children with familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, evidence of motor impairment skills may indicate neurodevelopmental vulnerability for psychosis. “Motor abnormalities have ...

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: ...

The actor said he shared the news to remind others they are "not alone." Rob McElhenney is opening up about being diagnosed recently with "a host of neurodevelopmental disorders and learning ...