Intellectual disability can be caused by a problem that starts any time before a child turns 18 years old – even before birth. It can be caused by injury, disease, or a problem in the brain. For many ...

Tennessee cannot fully staff the six beds funded for those charged with a crime who have an intellectual disability.

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...

A study finds that female mice using only a maternal X chromosome experience faster brain aging, leading to memory loss.

Females carry two X chromosomes, after inheriting one from each parent. In order to stop serious problems from arising, cells of the body silence one... | Genetics And Genomics ...

More information: Lachlan De Hayr et al, Biallelic variants in GTF3C3 result in an autosomal recessive disorder with intellectual disability, Genetics in Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024. ...

Researchers aim to continue studying the role of the X chromosome in brain aging, and whether it can explain people’s risk of ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...