A single gene may alter the shape of your brain and determine your intelligence according to new research from the Yale School of Medicine. Genetic analysis of the brain of a Turkish patient revealed ...

Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the brain's typical folds do not develop, and brain development is disrupted. People with the condition often have intellectual disability and ...

Yale University researchers have identified a molecular mechanism driving the structural abnormalities leading to lissencephaly that have, until recently, been elusive. Further, this research, ...

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is revealing the molecular glitch behind a rare brain disorder. In lissencephaly – Greek for "smooth brain" – the cerebral cortex lacks characteristic convolutions ...

New Haven, Conn. — Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual ...