Williams syndrome shows gene behavior links: Key to autism? (2011) CBS News<\/em> [ link to pdf<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Documentary Film Josie: A Story About Williams Syndrome, Vision Project<\/em> [ link to video<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Williams Syndrome Oliver Sacks and UB “A highly musical species” [ link to video<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Growing Up Different, Scientific American Frontiers<\/em> [ link to video<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n A Very Special Brain, 60 minutes<\/em> [ link to video<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Williams Syndrome Demo [ link to video<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Odd Disorder of the Brain May Offer New Clues (1994). The New York Times<\/em> [ Link to article<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n Lenhoff, H.M., Wang, P.P., Greenberg, F., & Bellugi, U. (1997). Williams syndrome and the brain. Scientific American<\/em>. [ Link to article<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\nBellugi, U., St. George, M. (2000). Preface to the Journal Issue. In U. Bellugi Bellugi & M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 1-6. Click here to read the entire preface<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\nI. Bellugi, U., Lichtenberger, L., Jones, W., Lai, Z., & St. George, M. (2000). The neurocognitive profile of Williams Syndrome: A complex pattern of strengths and weaknesses. In U. Bellugi & M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 7-29. (PMID: 10953231) PubMed<\/a>\r\n \r\nII. Jones, W., Bellugi, U., Lai, Z., Chiles, M., Reilly, J., Lincoln, A., & Adolphs, R. (2000). Hypersociability in Williams Syndrome. In U. Bellugi.& M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 30-46. (PMID: 10953232) PubMed<\/a>\r\n \r\nIII. Mills, D.L., Alvarez, T.D., St. George, M., Appelbaum, L.G, Bellugi, U., & Neville, H. (2000). Electrophysiological studies of face processing in Williams Syndrome. In U. Bellugi & M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, (1)12, 47-64. (PMID: 10953233) PubMed<\/a>\r\n \r\nIV. Reiss, A., Eliez, S., Schmitt, J. E., Strous, E., Lai, Z., Jones, W., & Bellugi, U. (2000). Neuroanatomy of Williams Syndrome: A high-resolution MRI study. In U. Bellugi.& M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 65-73. (PMID: 10953234) PubMed<\/a>\r\n \r\nV. Galaburda, A., & Bellugi, U. (2000). Multi-Level analysis of cortical neuroanatomy in Williams Syndrome. In U. Bellugi.& M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 74-88. (PMID: 10953235) PubMed<\/a>\r\n \r\nVI. Korenberg, J., Chen, X-N., Hirota, H., Lai, Z., Bellugi, U., Burian, D., Roe, B., & Matsoka, R. (2000). Genome structure and cognitive map of Williams Syndrome. In U. Bellugi.& M. St. George, M. (Eds.) Special Issue: Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience<\/em>, 12(1), 89-107. (PMID: 10953236) PubMed<\/a>\r\n ***<\/strong>Chailangkarn, T., Hrvoj-Mihic, B., Yu, D.X., Brown, T.T., Marchetto, M.C.N., Bardy, C., & Muotri, A.R. (2016). A human neurodevelopmental model for Williams syndrome. Nature, <\/em>536, 338-343.<\/em> PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Lew, C., Brown, C., Bellugi, U., & Semendeferi, K. (2016). Neuron density is decreased in the prefrontal cortex in Williams syndrome. Autism Research<\/em>, doi:10.1002\/aur.1677. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n J\u00e4rvinen, A., Korenberg, J. R., & Bellugi, U. (2013). The social phenotype of Williams syndrome. Current opinion in neurobiology<\/em>, 23(3):414-22. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Mills, D. L., Dai, L., Fishman, I., Yam, A., Appelbaum, L. G., St. George, M., … & Korenberg, J. R. (2013). Genetic Mapping of Brain Plasticity Across Development in Williams Syndrome: ERP Markers of Face and Language Processing. Developmental neuropsychology<\/em>, 38<\/em>(8), 613-642. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Dai, L., Carter, C. S., Ying, J., Bellugi, U., Pournajafi-Nazarloo, H., & Korenberg, J. R. (2012). Oxytocin and vasopressin are dysregulated in Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting social behavior. PloS one<\/em>, 7<\/em>(6). PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Fishman, I., Yam, A., Bellugi, U., Lincoln, A., & Mills, D. (2011). Contrasting patterns of language-associated brain activity in autism and Williams syndrome. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience<\/em>, 6<\/em>(5), 630-638. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Golarai, G., Hong, S., Haas, B., Galaburda, A.M., Mills, D., Bellugi, U., Grill-Spector, K., & Reiss, A.L. (2010). The fusiform face area is enlarged in Williams syndrome.\u00a0 Journal of Neuroscience, <\/em>30(19), 6700-12. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Haas, B.W., Hoeft, F., Searcy, Y.M., Mills, D., Bellugi, U., & Reiss, A. (2010). Individual differences in social behavior predict amygdala response to fearful facial expressions in Williams syndrome. Neuropsychologia, <\/em>48(5), 1283-8. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Zitzer-Comfort, C., Reilly, J.S., Korenberg, J.R., & Bellugi, U. (2010). We are social\u2014Therefore we are: The interplay of mind, culture and genetics in Williams syndrome. In C.M. Worthman, P. Plotsky, D. Schechter, & C. Cumming (Eds.) Formative experiences: The interaction of caregiving, culture, and developmental psychobiology<\/em>. Cambridge University Press (pp.133-163).<\/p>\r\n Dai, L., Bellugi, U., Chen, X.N., Pulst-Korenbeg, A.M., J\u00e4rvinen-Pasley, A., Tirosh-Wagner, T., Eis, P.S., Graham, J., Mills, D., Searcy, Y., & Korenberg, J.R. (2009)<\/strong>. Is it Williams syndrome? GTF2IRD1 implicated in visual-spatial construction and GTF2I in sociability revealed by high resolution arrays. American Journal of Medical Genetics<\/em>, 149A(3), 302-314. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Haas, B.W., Mills, D., Yam, A., Hoeft, F., Bellugi, U., & Reiss, A. (2009). Genetic influences on sociability: Heightened amygdala reactivity and event-related responses to positive social stimuli in Williams syndrome. <\/strong>The Journal of Neuroscience, <\/em>29(4), 1132-9. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n J\u00e4rvinen-Pasley, A., Bellugi, U., Reilly, J., Mills, D.L. Galaburda, A, Reiss, A.L., & Korenberg, J.R. (2008). Defining the social phenotype in Williams syndrome: A model of linking gene, the brain, and cognition. Development and Psychopathology<\/em>, 20(1), 1-35. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Gothelf, D., Searcy, Y. M., Reilly, J., Lai, P.T., Lanre-Amos, T., Mills, D., Korenberg, J., Galaburda, A., Bellugi, U., & Reiss, A. (2008). Association between cerebral shape and social use of language in Williams syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A<\/em>, 146A(21), 2753-2761. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Zitzer-Comfort, C., Doyle, T., Masataka, N., Korenberg, J., & Bellugi, U. (2007). Nature and Nurture: Williams syndrome across cultures. Developmental Science<\/em>,\u00a0 <\/strong>10(6), 755-62. PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Reilly, J., Losh, M., Bellugi, U., Wulfeck, B. (2004). “Frog, where are you?” Narratives in children with specific language impairment, early focal brain injury, and Williams syndrome. Brain and language<\/em>, 88(2):229-47. PubMed <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n Doyle, T.F., Bellugi, U., Korenberg, J.R. & Graham, J. (2004).\u00a0 “Everybody in the world is my friend”:\u00a0 Hypersociability in young children with Williams Syndrome.\u00a0 American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, <\/em>124A(3), 263-273. <\/em>PubMed<\/a><\/p>\r\n Losh, M., Bellugi, U., Reilly, J., Anderson, D. (2000). Narrative as a Social Engagement Tool: The Excessive Use of Evaluation in Narratives from Children with Williams Syndrome. Narrative Inquiry<\/em>. 10(2), 265-290. Link<\/a><\/p>\r\n Neurodevelopmental Model of Williams Syndrome Offers Insight into Human Social Brain (2016) Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Women & Science events entertain and inspire (2016) Inside Salk<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Three Salk faculty honored as recipients of senior scientist chair (2015) Inside Salk<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Salk Institute Founders’ Chair, Ursula Bellugi (2015) Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Connecting the Dots between Genes and Human Behavior (2014). Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Women & Science lecture gives glimpse of how scientists are using stem cells to model autism spectrum disorder (2014) Inside Salk<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n NIH Awards Salk Institute $5.5 Million Grant to Study Williams Syndrome (2011). Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Language as a Window to Sociability (2010) Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n The Gregarious Gene? “Everybody in the world is my friend” (2009). Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Beyond Nature vs Nurture: WS (2007) Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n Four of the Nation’s Preeminent Research Institutions Announce Stem Cell Research Alliance (2006). Salk News<\/em> Link to article<\/a><\/p>\r\n SFN Poster Symposium PPG 2007 [ Link to poster<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n What\u2019s Normal Anyway by Karen Levine [ Link to poster<\/a> ]<\/p>\r\n\r\n “WILLIAMS SYNDROME: A MODEL FOR LINKING GENES, NEURAL SYSTEMS, AND SOCIAL PHENOTYPE”<\/strong> This exciting proposal is approved for funding ($5,000,000) by NICHD, it builds on a longstanding program project on Williams syndrome to Dr. Ursula Bellugi at the Salk Institute (starting in 1995, renewed in 2000, 2005).\r\n<\/p> \r\nThis 2010 renewal has five interrelated projects illuminating gene networks for social cognition, modeling the disorder using human neurons, cellular architectonics, neuroimaging, and social phenotype of Williams syndrome. The research teams are located at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the University of Utah, and the University of California, San Diego.<\/p> \r\nThis is a unique program project which has made enormous contributions to the study of Williams syndrome. Although the organization has changed over the years, it remains under strong leadership, with Bellugi and contributions from competent investigators to direct the component research projects, recognized leaders in their fields. <\/p>\r\nClick to read more»<\/a>\r\n![\"ws\"](\"https:\/\/www.salk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ws.jpg\")
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\r\nP01 NICHD033113 RENEWAL 2010
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