Uma doença que afeta o funcionamento do cérebro e compromete a mobilidade física e a interação social de mulheres, a Síndrome de Rett é um desafio para a neurociência. No décimo episódio do BrainStorm, a pesquisadora Huda Zoghbi, que ajudou a identificar o gene associado à doença em 1999, apresenta um quadro geral da Síndrome de Rett, explicando seus principais sintomas e tratamentos e como ela compromete os neurônios de seus portadores. Zoghbi é professora do Baylor College of Medicine, pesquisadora do Howard Hughes Medical Institute e diretora do Jan & Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute no Texas Children's Hospital.



A disease that affects brain function and compromises the physical mobility and social interaction of women, Rett Syndrome is a challenge for neuroscience. In the tenth episode of BrainStorm, researcher Huda Zoghbi, who helped identifying the gene associated with the disease in 1999, presents a general picture of Rett Syndrome, explaining its main symptoms and treatments and how it undermines the neurons of their carriers. Zoghbi is a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the director of the Jan & Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital.

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