In this section you can read various research news articles that have important topics relating to rare genetic disorders.
This section is for any parents or professionals who wish to read up to date information about syndromes and to broaden their knowledge.
The articles are ordered with the newest piece of research first and the articles can also be filtered by syndrome by using the filter.
We hope you find the research articles interesting!
Cornelia De Lange
The Benefits of Communication Passports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLJS8uGgpY Research has shown that many behaviours that challenge are associated with communication difficulties. ...
Smith-Magenis
Autism spectrum symptoms in Smith-Magenis syndrome and Williams syndrome: comparisons and contrasts
Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterised by a triad of impairments which involve persistent deficits...
Angelman
Neurodevelopmental outcome in Angelman Syndrome: Genotype-phenotype correlations
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder that is characterised by intellectual disability, developmental...
Syndrome Tags
- Angelman 8
- Cornelia de Lange 12
- Cri du Chat 4
- Smith-Magenis 8
- Prader-Willi 6
- Fragile X 12
- Kleefstra 0
- Rubinstein-Taybi 0
- Lowe 0
General
Pain in children with severe intellectual disability: A Guide for Parents
Cerebra have recently released a new parent guide to help parents of children with severe intellectual and/or communication difficulties to understand how pain may affect their child. This new guide explains the possible causes of pain in children with intellectual disability, presents information about how pain may be shown by children who are unnable to tell us that they are in pain and discusses the effects that untreated pain can have on your child. To download the guide, please visit the Cerebra webpage here.
Fragile X
Fragile X syndrome and Autism Spectrum disorders
Fragile X syndrome is caused by genetic mutation which results in the absence or...
Angelman
Eating Behavior, Prenatal and Postnatal Growth in Angelman Syndrome
Clinical characteristics of Angelman syndrome include severe intellectual disability, developmental delay and lack of...
Smith-Magenis
Concrete and relational vocabulary: Comparison between Williams and Smith-Magenis Syndromes
A new study has compared the concrete and relational vocabulary performance of individuals with...
Fragile X
Attentional Control in fragile X syndrome
Attention problems in fragile X syndrome (FXS) are often stated as one of the...
General
Cerebra sleep seminar 13th November - presentations now available
Cerebra hosted a sleep seminar in Birmingham focusing on sleep in children with developmental...
General
Lowe Syndrome Project Launched
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER AND WANT TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE...
Angelman
Learning in Angelman syndrome
Over the past three years, researchers at the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders have...
Angelman
Food related issues in Angelman and Prader-Willi syndromes
Angelman (AS) and Prader-Willi (PWS) syndromes are caused by missing genetic information on the...