Sentences with phrase «autism genes affect»
The researchers also determined that many of the 18 newly identified autism genes affect the operation of a small subset of biological pathways in the brain.
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But over the past decade, researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that seem to affect brain development in ways that increase the risk of autism.
The researchers plan to investigate what percentage of individuals individuals with intellectual disability and autism may carry CC2D1A mutations and to determine whether other genes affect neurons in a similar fashion.
The search for autism - related genes has led to stunning evidence of the complexity of the disease, which is estimated to affect one in every 150 children born worldwide.
Still, Dudley feels that evolutionary genetic analysis can help identify the most relevant genes and pathological mechanisms at play in schizophrenia and possibly other mental illnesses that preferentially affect humans — that is, neurodevelopmental disorders related to higher cognition and GABA activity, including autism and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder.
«But genes tied to autism tend to affect specific functions, such as the connections between brain regions that are essential to many human - specific behaviors, like speech and language.»
They then used the model to predict how autism - linked variants in the NHE9 gene would affect the protein's shape and function.
In the associated paper, Vitkup, Iossifov and others use a novel form of analysis called NETBAG (network - based analysis of genetic associations) to identify «the large biological network of genes affected by rare de novo CNVs in autism.»