New research from the University of Adelaide has confirmed that a gene linked to intellectual disability is critical to the earliest stages of the development of human brains.
Known as USP9X, the gene has been investigated by Adelaide researchers for more than a decade, but in recent years scientists have begun to understand its particular importance to brain development.
In a new paper published online in the American Journal of Human Genetics, an international research team led by the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute explains how mutations in USP9X are associated with intellectual disability. These mutations, which can be inherited from one generation to the next, have been shown to cause disruptions to normal brain cell functioning.
Speaking during Brain Awareness Week, senior co-author Dr Lachlan Jolly from the University of Adelaide’s Neurogenetics Research Program says the USP9X gene has shed new light on the mysteries of brain…
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