Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum

R Guerrini, V Conti, M Mantegazza… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are a heterogeneous group of
disorders characterized by early-onset, often severe epileptic seizures and EEG …

A developmental and genetic classification for malformations of cortical development: update 2012

AJ Barkovich, R Guerrini, RI Kuzniecky, GD Jackson… - Brain, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Malformations of cerebral cortical development include a wide range of developmental
disorders that are common causes of neurodevelopmental delay and epilepsy. In addition …

Genome-wide prediction of disease variant effects with a deep protein language model

N Brandes, G Goldman, CH Wang, CJ Ye, V Ntranos - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Predicting the effects of coding variants is a major challenge. While recent deep-learning
models have improved variant effect prediction accuracy, they cannot analyze all coding …

Cell migration in the forebrain

O Marín, JLR Rubenstein - Annual review of neuroscience, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The forebrain comprises an intricate set of structures that are required for some of
the most complex and evolved functions of the mammalian brain. As a reflection of its …

X-linked mental retardation and autism are associated with a mutation in the NLGN4 gene, a member of the neuroligin family

F Laumonnier, F Bonnet-Brilhault, M Gomot… - The American Journal of …, 2004 - cell.com
A large French family including members affected by nonspecific X-linked mental
retardation, with or without autism or pervasive developmental disorder in affected male …

Mutation of ARX causes abnormal development of forebrain and testes in mice and X-linked lissencephaly with abnormal genitalia in humans

K Kitamura, M Yanazawa, N Sugiyama, H Miura… - Nature …, 2002 - nature.com
Male embryonic mice with mutations in the X-linked aristaless-related homeobox gene (Arx)
developed with small brains due to suppressed proliferation and regional deficiencies in the …

The genetic basis of non-syndromic intellectual disability: a review

L Kaufman, M Ayub, JB Vincent - Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders, 2010 - Springer
Intellectual disability (ID), also referred to as mental retardation (MR), is frequently the result
of genetic mutation. Where ID is present together with additional clinical symptoms or …

Mutations of CDKL5 cause a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with infantile spasms and mental retardation

LS Weaving, J Christodoulou, SL Williamson… - The American Journal of …, 2004 - cell.com
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder caused, in most classic
cases, by mutations in the X-linked methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MECP2). A large …

X-linked mental retardation

HH Ropers, BCJ Hamel - Nature reviews genetics, 2005 - nature.com
Genetic factors have an important role in the aetiology of mental retardation. However, their
contribution is often underestimated because in developed countries, severely affected …

Fragile X and X-linked intellectual disability: four decades of discovery

HA Lubs, RE Stevenson, CE Schwartz - The American Journal of Human …, 2012 - cell.com
X-Linked intellectual disability (XLID) accounts for 5%–10% of intellectual disability in males.
Over 150 syndromes, the most common of which is the fragile X syndrome, have been …