Speech and language disorders affect millions of people in the United States. A new LSU Health Sciences Center bird study has identified two tiny molecules as potential regulators of a gene whose ...

Researchers find mutations of the Foxp2 gene disrupt the formation of synapses in the brain's striatum, which plays important roles in the control of movement, in mice. A new study sheds light on how ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Mutations of a gene called Foxp2 have been linked to a type of speech disorder called apraxia that makes it difficult to produce sequences of sound. A new study from MIT and National ...