In this new aggregated edition of Anissa Taun Roger's Human Behavior in the Social
Environment, readers will find a comprehensive overview of the issues related to human …

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong
but complex genetic component. Recent family based exome-sequencing strategies have …

Many encoded gene products responsible for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) like
autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia (SCZ), intellectual disability (ID), and …

We are using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to study neuropsychiatric
disorders associated with 22q11. 2 microdeletions (del), the most common known …

Alternative splicing plays an important role in brain development, but its global contribution
to human neurodevelopmental diseases (NDDs) requires further investigation. Here we …

Gray matter loss in the cortex is extensive in schizophrenia, especially in the prefrontal-
temporal-network (PTN). Several molecules such as neuregulin-1 (NRG1) and its ErbB4 …

The enormous successes in the genetics and genomics of many diseases have provided the
basis for the advancement of precision medicine. Thus, the detection of genetic variants …

There are established associations between advanced paternal age and offspring risk for
psychiatric and developmental disorders. These are commonly attributed to genetic …

Tourette syndrome (TS) is a highly heritable neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by
motor and vocal tics. Despite decades of research, the aetiology of TS has remained elusive …

Synaptic plasticity alters the strength of information flow between presynaptic and
postsynaptic neurons and thus modifies the likelihood that action potentials in a presynaptic …