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Dr. Edward Giniger is an adjunct investigator in NHGRI's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch.
… Information processing in the brain is done by specialized neural circuits. Every neuron has a long process, an "axon", that … understand these processes in humans, Dr. Giniger studies neural circuits of fruit flies, a model system that allows … expression of the actin nucleation factor, Spire. Neural Development, 6:37. 2011. [ PubMed ] Trunova, S. and …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have shown that areas of the genome related to brain development harbor variants that may account for behavioral differences among different dog lineages.
… nerve cells, known as neurons, organize themselves to form neural circuits during the early stages of development. Some of the …
Staff
Dr. Sudre is an Associate Investigator in Dr. Philip Shaw's Neurobehavioral Clinical Research within the Social and Behavioral Research Branch
… states. Previously, Dr. Sudre was part of the Human Rehab Neural Engineering Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, … Branch. The main goal of his research is to integrate neural, genomic and behavioral data, with the added dimension … symptoms through the integration of childhood genomic, neural, and cognitive features. Mol Psychiatry 26, 4046–4054. …
Policy Issues
In June 2013, the Supreme Court determined that DNA in its natural form cannot be patented.
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Dr. Lawrence Brody is a senior investigator in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch and director of NHGRI's Division of Genomics and Society.
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… major area of investigation focuses on the genetics of neural tube defects (NTDs) and other birth defects. NTDs and … variants in genes involved in vitamin B12 metabolism to neural tube defects. A major focus of the Brody laboratory … synthetase is a maternal genetic risk factor for neural tube defects: Report of the birth defects research …
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Dr. Philip Shaw was an investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… studies:  We are attempting to translate our genomic and neural discoveries into clinically useful tools. Firstly, we … novel treatments for ADHD on our understanding of the neural bases of remission. For example, if remission from ADHD is reflected by a convergence of early neural differences towards more typical dimensions, then …
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Dr. Elise Feingold was a scientific program manager in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… et al. Comparative analysis of regulatory information and circuits across distant species . Nature , 512(7515):453-6. … al. Identification of functional elements and regulatory circuits by Drosophila modENCODE . Science , …
News Release
NIH scientists proposed a new approach for finding ways to impede or halt cancer's spread: transgenic zebrafish as a live animal model of metastasis.
… research. During zebrafish development, a cluster of neural cells called the "posterior lateral line primordium" … of metastasizing human cancer. The cluster of zebrafish neural cells - which will help the adult fish sense water …
Media Advisory
The NIH-funded Integrative Human Microbiome Project presented at the International Human Microbiome Congress.
Staff
Dr. Alexander Arguello is a program director in the NHGRI Division of Genome Sciences.