A global collaboration, NeuroGAP-Psychosis, aims to plumb the genetic diversity of psychiatric disease in Africa. Three African site leaders discuss opportunities, challenges, and why the right time for this study is now.
Ó³»´«Ã½ researchers are engaged in a massive effort to expand genetic diversity in psychiatric research, and to increase low and middle-income countries' capacity for large-scale research. One of their first stops: Africa.
A new study of inherited genetic risk indicates that common genetic variations throughout the genome act in addition to rare, deleterious mutations in autism-associated genes to create risk for autism.
Single-cell analysis of human brain organoids cultured for more than nine months reveals novel neuron diversity, maturation, and responsiveness — suggesting potential use for modeling brain development and neuropsychiatric disease.