TY  - JOUR
AB  - Developmental brain disorders, a highly heterogeneous group of disorders with a prevalence of around 3% of worldwide population, represent a growing medical challenge. They are characterized by impaired neurodevelopmental processes leading to deficits in cognition, social interaction, behavior and motor functioning as a result of abnormal development of brain. This can include developmental brain dysfunction, which can manifest as neuropsychiatric problems or impaired motor function, learning, language or non-verbal communication. Several of these phenotypes can often co-exist in the same patient and characterize the same disorder. Here I discuss some contributions in 2019 that are shaking our basic understanding of the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent developments in sophisticated in-utero imaging diagnostic tools have raised the possibility of imaging the fetal human brain growth, providing insights into the developing anatomy and improving diagnostics but also allowing a better understanding of antenatal pathology. On the other hand, advances in our understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms reveal a remarkably complex molecular neuropathology involving a myriad of genetic architectures and regulatory elements that will help establish more rigorous genotype-phenotype correlations.
DA  - 2020-04-15
DO  - 10.17879/freeneuropathology-2020-2672
LA  - eng
PY  - 2020-04-15
SN  - 2699-4445
T2  - Free Neuropathology
TI  - Top ten discoveries of the year: Neurodevelopmental disorders
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6:3-freeneuropathology-2020-26457
Y2  - 2024-12-26T18:57:48
ER  -