This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...
German scientists have identified rare GRIN2A gene variants that may directly cause early-onset mental illness, sometimes without epilepsy or intellectual disability. The study shows null mutations ...
Could one genetic mutation be sufficient to bring on complex psychopathology? For decades, dominant models of mental illness-especially schizophrenia-have focused on polygenic origins, with thousands ...