The gene Microcephalin (MCPH1) regulates brain size and has evolved under strong
positive selection in the human evolutionary lineage. We show that one genetic variant of …

Although “intellectual disability” has widely replaced the term “mental retardation”, the debate
as to whether this entity should be conceptualized as a health condition or as a disability …

Background Childhood trauma is emerging as a risk factor for schizophrenia, but its
mechanism with respect to etiology is unknown. One possible pathway is through leucocyte …

Background: Social dysfunction is common among individuals with schizophrenia. While
often attributed to anhedonia, social dysfunction could also result from unrecognized anxiety. …

… Leila M Vaez-Azizi … Electronic address: leila.vaez-azizi@med.nyu.edu. …

A panel of 89 human samples from the Coriell Institute that broadly represent worldwide
populations was used for resequencing. It includes 9 sub-Saharan Africans (Coriell numbers: …

Purpose The debate as to whether intellectual disability (ID) should be conceptualized as a
health condition or as a disability has intensified as the revision of World Health Organization’…

… on earlier drafts of this article, the Institute for Social Change and the Cathie Marsh Centre
for Census and Survey Research for support, and Dr Leila Vaez-Azizi for unique insights. …

… Leila Vaez-Azizi for unique insights. Particular thanks go to Chaeyoon Lim for his help and
insights into the topic and analysis. The research received generous financial supports from …

George Price introduced his famous equation to study selective and environmental effects
in discrete populations. We extend Price's framework to the measurable and quantum cases, …