The corticostriatal pathway that carries sensory, motor, and limbic information to the striatum
plays a critical role in motor control, action selection, and reward. Dysfunction of this …

Recent advances in the genetics of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are offering new
valuable insights into molecular and cellular mechanisms of pathology. At the same time, the …

Developmental dyslexia (DD) is one of the most prevalent learning disorders, with high
impact on school and psychosocial development and high comorbidity with conditions like …

Background: Differential diagnosis and treatment planning of developmental speech
disorders (DSD) remains a major challenge in paediatric speech-language pathology …

We assessed the relationship between brain structure and function in 10 individuals with
specific language impairment (SLI), compared to six unaffected siblings, and 16 unrelated …

The FOXP2 gene is central to acquisition of speech and language in humans and vocal
production in birds and mammals. Rodents communicate via ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) …

Autism is an often debilitating disorder of development with a worldwide prevalence of
approximately 0.1%. 1 The clinical hallmarks include fundamental deficits in social …

Early language development is known to be under genetic influence, but the genes affecting
normal variation in the general population remain largely elusive. Recent studies of disorder …

Language acquisition and processing are governed by genetic constraints. A crucial
unresolved question is how far these genetic constraints have coevolved with language …

Susceptibility to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may involve a substantial, shared
contribution from thousands of common genetic variants, each of small effect. Identifying …