Neurogenetics

Human brain viewed from above. Maksymilian Rose, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Improvements in sequencing technology and other genetic tools have enabled the identification of genes involved in many brain disorders and provided new insights into their role in disease. These advances, along with recent breakthroughs in gene therapy, have already translated research discoveries into treatments for previously incurable diseases.

Learn more in this fact sheet for the American Society of Human Genetics: Neurogenetics.