A global research collaboration has revealed a hidden cause of a rare intellectual disorder associated with severe language delay, epileptic seizures, motor impairment and brain abnormalities. The ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and collaborators at the University of Bristol, KU Leuven, and the NIHR BioResource, have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused ...

Mutations in "junk DNA" could be responsible for rare genetic cases of intellectual disability, new research hints. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A newly identified neurodevelopmental disorder may explain tens of thousands of cases of intellectual disability whose cause was previously unknown, according to a new study. The research, published ...

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "Researchers identify a genetic cause of intellectual disability affecting tens of thousands." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 1 June 2024.

Depression is the main cause of illness and disability in adolescents worldwide, and road traffic injuries are the top cause of death, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO ...

Researchers have revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage contributes to ongoing disability after a stroke. The paper shows how the thalamus -- a sort of central networking hub that ...

Neurologic diseases and disorders are now the leading cause of disability nationwide, affecting half the US population. A systematic analysis showed that 1 in 2 people, ie, nearly half the US ...

October is Dysautonomia (dis’-oughta-know’-me-uh) Awareness Month. Dysautonomia is the umbrella term for conditions that cause malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Your autonomic nervous ...