by University of Manchester Manchester researchers have contributed towards the discovery of a genetic brain disease which can cause paraplegia and epilepsy in sufferers. Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are a group of genetic disorders that cause weakness and stiffness in the leg muscles. Generally symptoms gradually get worse over time, and severely affected patients are...
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Genetic body/brain connection identified in genomic region linked to autism
For the first time, Whitehead Institute scientists have documented a direct link between deletions in two genes — fam57ba and doc2a — in zebrafish and certain brain and body traits, such as seizures, hyperactivity, enlarged head size, and obesity. “Finding the molecular connections between a brain and a body phenotype is indeed really paradigm shifting,”...