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Research by Topic: neurodevelopment
Brain tissue is used to identify commonalities across neuropsychiatric disorders
Published May 25, 2016In a recent study published in Nature, Dr. Shannon Ellis looks past the sequence of genes and uses gene expression profiling to understand the similarities between autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Using brain tissue from people affected with these disorders provided through the Autism BrainNet, she demonstrates a common decrease in gene expression relating to […]
Filed under: autism brainnet, brain, gene expression, neurodevelopment, Schizophrenia