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Loss-of-function of neuroplasticity-related genes confers risk for human neurodevelopmental disorders.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing - 1 Jan 2018
Smith Milo R, Glicksberg Benjamin S, Li Li, Chen Rong, Morishita Hirofumi, Dudley Joel T
Abstract excerpt
High and increasing prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders place enormous personal and economic burdens on society. Given the growing realization that the roots of neurodevelopmental disorders often lie in early childhood, there is an urgent need to identify childhood risk factors. Neurodevelopment is marked by periods of heightened experience-dependent neuroplasticity wherein neural circuitry is optimized by...
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