Mutations in Msx2 have been linked with the development of the brain, skull, hair follicles and mammary glands in mice.
This results in complications relating to the development of the brain, heart and other internal organs, a genetics expert told the Washington Post earlier this year.
She's my maths-science child and very inspired by him about the effects of the environment on the development of the brain.
Dr. Joseph Buxbaum, an expert on the molecular basis of psychiatric disease at Mount Sinai Medical Center, said Dr. Enard's team had taken a good first step toward understanding the role of FOXP2 in the development of the brain.
"Science tells us that it's important for the development of the brain," he said, "and I honestly don't think that Justin Timberlake is going to improve their minds in a way that Count Basie will".
Alarmingly, this disease has been linked to the rise in microcephaly cases among newborns (a foetal abnormality that limits the development of the brain in the womb), although there has been no conclusive evidence of this.
Martha Farah, director of the centre for neuroscience and society at the University of Pennsylvania, who led the latest study, wanted to find out how a normal range of experiences in childhood might influence the development of the brain.
"And why should it surprise us that medications that can change brain chemistry and function might alter the development of the brain and behavior?" Dr. Urato argues that the risks of antidepressant use during pregnancy outweigh what he sees as the limited benefits.
They disregard that this optimism is based not only "on common sense — on what 'any parent knows,' " as Justice Kagan wrote, but also on lessons from neuroscience about the development of the brain and from psychology about the process of maturation.
In a third research project, Bruce's lab will examine neurogenesis, the development of the brain.
Fat1 is implicated in the development of the brain, eye, and kidney.
