Association ofMTORMutations With Developmental Brain Disorders, Including Megalencephaly, Focal Cortical Dysplasia, and Pigmentary Mosaicism
Author(s) -
Ghayda Mirzaa,
Catarina D. Campbell,
Nadia Solovieff,
Carleton P. Goold,
Laura A. Jansen,
Suchithra Me,
Andrew E. Timms,
Valerio Conti,
Jonathan Biag,
Carissa Olds,
Evan A. Boyle,
Sarah Collins,
Gisele E. Ishak,
Sandra L. Poliachik,
Katta M. Girisha,
Kit San Yeung,
Brian HonYin Chung,
Elisa Rahikkala,
Sonya A. Gunter,
Sharon S. McDaniel,
Colleen Macmurdo,
Jonathan A. Bernstein,
Beth Martin,
Rebecca Leary,
Scott Mahan,
Shanming Liu,
Molly Weaver,
Michael O. Dorschner,
Shalini N. Jhangiani,
Donna M. Muzny,
Eric Boerwinkle,
Richard A. Gibbs,
James R. Lupski,
Jay Shendure,
Russell P. Saneto,
Edward J. Novotny,
Christopher J. Wilson,
William R. Sellers,
Michael Morrissey,
Robert F. Hevner,
Jeffrey G. Ojemann,
Renzo Guerrini,
Leon O. Murphy,
Wendy Winckler,
William B. Dobyns
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2016.0363
Subject(s) - megalencephaly , cortical dysplasia , neuroscience , dysplasia , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , polymicrogyria , medicine , pathology , biology , genetics , epilepsy , signal transduction
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), hemimegalencephaly, and megalencephaly constitute a spectrum of malformations of cortical development with shared neuropathologic features. These disorders are associated with significant childhood morbidity and mortality.
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