Read About the "Regal Presence" who Inspired Dr. Huda Zoghbi
Experts, Activists Ponder (Synaptic) Junction in Autism Research
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute Building Receives LEED Gold Certification
SFARI Notable Paper for 2011: Study Shows Protein Networks Link Different Forms of Autism
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The NRI and Science Translational Medicine Host a Symposium on Disorders of Synaptic Dysfunction
- The conference has concluded and was a great achievement for the NRI. Thank you to all who made it a success.
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Recent NRI Research Breakthroughs
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Mutations in the Mitochondrial Methionyl-tRNA Synthetase Cause a Neurodegenerative Phenotype in Flies and a Recessive Ataxia (ARSAL) in Humans
PLoS Biology 2012 Mar;10(3):e1001288 -
Crh and Oprm1 mediate anxiety-related behavior and social approach in a mouse model of MECP2 duplication syndrome
Nature Genetics January 8, 2012 -
Pathogenesis of Lethal Cardiac Arrhythmias in Mecp2 Mutant Mice: Implication for Therapy in Rett Syndrome
Science Translational Medicine December 2011 -
Inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin blocks epilepsy progression in NS-Pten conditional knockout mice.
Epilepsia November 2011 -
CREB-activity and nmnat2 transcription are down-regulated prior to neurodegeneration, whileNMNAT2 over-expression is neuroprotective, in a mouse model of human tauopathy.
Human Molecular Genetics, November 2011 -
Exercise and Genetic Rescue of SCA1 via the Transcriptional Repressor Capicua
Science November 4, 2011 -
Human Genetics: From Molecules to Medicine
Author(s): Christian P Schaaf MD Johannes Zschocke MD, PhD Lorraine Potocki MD (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Pennsylvania 2011) ISBN: 9781608316717
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Dr. Chao receives scholarship from Chinese-American Doctors Association of Houston Foundation
Collaboration rapidly connects fly gene discovery to human disease
The NRI receives W.M. Keck Foundation grant for pioneering research
Two genes affect anxiety, behavior in mice with too much MeCP2
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Highlights from Society for Neuroscience 2011:
- Different doses of Rett protein produce similar effects
- Subset of Rett gene's targets may lead to the disorder
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