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Common Variation In Gene Linked To Structural Changes In The Brain

August 18, 2009 by

An international group of researchers is the first to show that common variations in a gene previously shown to be associated with Retts Syndrome, autism, and mental retardation are associated with differences in brain structure in both healthy individuals and patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. Their findings will be published in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of August 17.