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Brett Abrahams, geneticist and neuroscientist ...
Brett Abrahams, PhD (born March 3, 1973) is a geneticist and neuroscientist who played a key role in the identification and subsequent functional characterization of the autism-related gene CNTNAP2 with Dan Geschwind at UCLA 1-6. This gene and others identified by Abrahams and his colleagues 7, 8 are now used in clinical practice for genetic testing. This body of work together with review papers in Nature Reviews Genetics and Human Genetics: Problems & Approaches 9, 10 have had a substantial impact on the field as reflected by references to these works in the Wikipedia page for autism and autism genetics. Publications in the world's leading scientific journals like Cell, Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Science Translational Medicine documenting his work 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 12 have been cited over 2000 times by other scientists. These discoveries have also received substantial attention in the popular press, including coverage by large media outlets such as ABC News, BBC News, The National Post, Reuters, The Telegraph, and US News and World Report. He performed stunts for the short film Blood Brothers and was also a member of the Autism Genome Project Consortium 7, 13, 14. He serves as an advisory board member for the Simons Foundation SFARI gene effort (see https://gene.sfari.org/autdb/Welcome.do) and is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
References
[edit]1. O. Penagarikano, B. S. Abrahams, E. I. Herman, K. D. Winden, A. Gdalyahu, H. Dong, L. I. Sonnenblick, R. Gruver, J. Almajano, A. Bragin, P. Golshani, J. T. Trachtenberg, E. Peles, D. H. Geschwind, Absence of CNTNAP2 Leads to Epilepsy, Neuronal Migration Abnormalities, and Core Autism-Related Deficits. Cell 147, 235 (Sep 30, 2011). 2. A. A. Scott-Van Zeeland, B. S. Abrahams, A. I. Alvarez-Retuerto, L. I. Sonnenblick, J. D. Rudie, D. Ghahremani, J. A. Mumford, R. A. Poldrack, M. Dapretto, D. H. Geschwind, S. Y. Bookheimer, Altered functional connectivity in frontal lobe circuits is associated with variation in the autism risk gene CNTNAP2. Sci Transl Med 2, 56ra80 (Nov 3, 2010). 3. S. C. Panaitof, B. S. Abrahams, H. Dong, D. H. Geschwind, S. A. White, Language-related Cntnap2 gene is differentially expressed in sexually dimorphic song nuclei essential for vocal learning in songbirds. J Comp Neurol 518, 1995 (Jun 1, 2010). 4. S. C. Vernes, D. F. Newbury, B. S. Abrahams, L. Winchester, J. Nicod, M. Groszer, M. Alarcon, P. L. Oliver, K. E. Davies, D. H. Geschwind, A. P. Monaco, S. E. Fisher, A functional genetic link between distinct developmental language disorders. N Engl J Med 359, 2337 (Nov 27, 2008). 5. B. Bakkaloglu, B. J. O'Roak, A. Louvi, A. R. Gupta, J. F. Abelson, T. M. Morgan, K. Chawarska, A. Klin, A. G. Ercan-Sencicek, A. A. Stillman, G. Tanriover, B. S. Abrahams, J. A. Duvall, E. M. Robbins, D. H. Geschwind, T. Biederer, M. Gunel, R. P. Lifton, M. W. State, Molecular cytogenetic analysis and resequencing of contactin associated protein-like 2 in autism spectrum disorders. Am J Hum Genet 82, 165 (Jan, 2008). 6. M. Alarcon, B. S. Abrahams, J. L. Stone, J. A. Duvall, J. V. Perederiy, J. M. Bomar, J. Sebat, M. Wigler, C. L. Martin, D. H. Ledbetter, S. F. Nelson, R. M. Cantor, D. H. Geschwind, Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene. Am J Hum Genet 82, 150 (Jan 10, 2008). 7. D. Pinto, A. T. Pagnamenta, L. Klei, R. Anney, D. Merico, R. Regan, J. Conroy, T. R. Magalhaes, C. Correia, B. S. Abrahams, J. Almeida, E. Bacchelli, G. D. Bader, A. J. Bailey, G. Baird, A. Battaglia, T. Berney, N. Bolshakova, S. Bolte, P. F. Bolton, T. Bourgeron, S. Brennan, J. Brian, S. E. Bryson, A. R. Carson, G. Casallo, J. Casey, B. H. Chung, L. Cochrane, C. Corsello, E. L. Crawford, A. Crossett, C. Cytrynbaum, G. Dawson, M. de Jonge, R. Delorme, I. Drmic, E. Duketis, F. Duque, A. Estes, P. Farrar, B. A. Fernandez, S. E. Folstein, E. Fombonne, C. M. Freitag, J. Gilbert, C. Gillberg, J. T. Glessner, J. Goldberg, A. Green, J. Green, S. J. Guter, H. Hakonarson, E. A. Heron, M. Hill, R. Holt, J. L. Howe, G. Hughes, V. Hus, R. Igliozzi, C. Kim, S. M. Klauck, A. Kolevzon, O. Korvatska, V. Kustanovich, C. M. Lajonchere, J. A. Lamb, M. Laskawiec, M. Leboyer, A. Le Couteur, B. L. Leventhal, A. C. Lionel, X. Q. Liu, C. Lord, L. Lotspeich, S. C. Lund, E. Maestrini, W. Mahoney, C. Mantoulan, C. R. Marshall, H. McConachie, C. J. McDougle, J. McGrath, W. M. McMahon, A. Merikangas, O. Migita, N. J. Minshew, G. K. Mirza, J. Munson, S. F. Nelson, C. Noakes, A. Noor, G. Nygren, G. Oliveira, K. Papanikolaou, J. R. Parr, B. Parrini, T. Paton, A. Pickles, M. Pilorge, J. Piven, C. P. Ponting, D. J. Posey, A. Poustka, F. Poustka, A. Prasad, J. Ragoussis, K. Renshaw, J. Rickaby, W. Roberts, K. Roeder, B. Roge, M. L. Rutter, L. J. Bierut, J. P. Rice, J. Salt, K. Sansom, D. Sato, R. Segurado, A. F. Sequeira, L. Senman, N. Shah, V. C. Sheffield, L. Soorya, I. Sousa, O. Stein, N. Sykes, V. Stoppioni, C. Strawbridge, R. Tancredi, K. Tansey, B. Thiruvahindrapduram, A. P. Thompson, S. Thomson, A. Tryfon, J. Tsiantis, H. Van Engeland, J. B. Vincent, F. Volkmar, S. Wallace, K. Wang, Z. Wang, T. H. Wassink, C. Webber, R. Weksberg, K. Wing, K. Wittemeyer, S. Wood, J. Wu, B. L. Yaspan, D. Zurawiecki, L. Zwaigenbaum, J. D. Buxbaum, R. M. Cantor, E. H. Cook, H. Coon, M. L. Cuccaro, B. Devlin, S. Ennis, L. Gallagher, D. H. Geschwind, M. Gill, J. L. Haines, J. Hallmayer, J. Miller, A. P. Monaco, J. I. Nurnberger, Jr., A. D. Paterson, M. A. Pericak-Vance, G. D. Schellenberg, P. Szatmari, A. M. Vicente, V. J. Vieland, E. M. Wijsman, S. W. Scherer, J. S. Sutcliffe, C. Betancur, Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders. Nature 466, 368 (Jul 15, 2010). 8. M. Bucan, B. S. Abrahams, K. Wang, J. T. Glessner, E. I. Herman, L. I. Sonnenblick, A. I. Alvarez Retuerto, M. Imielinski, D. Hadley, J. P. Bradfield, C. Kim, N. B. Gidaya, I. Lindquist, T. Hutman, M. Sigman, V. Kustanovich, C. M. Lajonchere, A. Singleton, J. Kim, T. H. Wassink, W. M. McMahon, T. Owley, J. A. Sweeney, H. Coon, J. I. Nurnberger, M. Li, R. M. Cantor, N. J. Minshew, J. S. Sutcliffe, E. H. Cook, G. Dawson, J. D. Buxbaum, S. F. Grant, G. D. Schellenberg, D. H. Geschwind, H. Hakonarson, Genome-wide analyses of exonic copy number variants in a family-based study point to novel autism susceptibility genes. PLoS Genet 5, e1000536 (Jun, 2009). 9. B. S. Abrahams, D. H. Geschwind, Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology. Nat Rev Genet 9, 341 (May, 2008). 10. B. S. Abrahams, D. H. Geschwind, in Human Genetics: Problems & Approaches, M. R. Speicher, S. E. Antonarakis, A. G. Motulsky, Eds. (Springer-Verlag, 2010), vol. 4th Edition. 11. K. Wang, H. Zhang, D. Ma, M. Bucan, J. T. Glessner, B. S. Abrahams, D. Salyakina, M. Imielinski, J. P. Bradfield, P. M. Sleiman, C. E. Kim, C. Hou, E. Frackelton, R. Chiavacci, N. Takahashi, T. Sakurai, E. Rappaport, C. M. Lajonchere, J. Munson, A. Estes, O. Korvatska, J. Piven, L. I. Sonnenblick, A. I. Alvarez Retuerto, E. I. Herman, H. Dong, T. Hutman, M. Sigman, S. Ozonoff, A. Klin, T. Owley, J. A. Sweeney, C. W. Brune, R. M. Cantor, R. Bernier, J. R. Gilbert, M. L. Cuccaro, W. M. McMahon, J. 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Fombonne, C. M. Freitag, J. Gilbert, C. Gillberg, J. T. Glessner, J. Green, S. J. Guter, H. Hakonarson, R. Holt, G. Hughes, V. Hus, R. Igliozzi, C. Kim, S. M. Klauck, A. Kolevzon, J. A. Lamb, M. Leboyer, A. Le Couteur, B. L. Leventhal, C. Lord, S. C. Lund, E. Maestrini, C. Mantoulan, C. R. Marshall, H. McConachie, C. J. McDougle, J. McGrath, W. M. McMahon, A. Merikangas, J. Miller, F. Minopoli, G. K. Mirza, J. Munson, S. F. Nelson, G. Nygren, G. Oliveira, A. T. Pagnamenta, K. Papanikolaou, J. R. Parr, B. Parrini, A. Pickles, D. Pinto, J. Piven, D. J. Posey, A. Poustka, F. Poustka, J. Ragoussis, B. Roge, M. L. Rutter, A. F. Sequeira, L. Soorya, I. Sousa, N. Sykes, V. Stoppioni, R. Tancredi, M. Tauber, A. P. Thompson, S. Thomson, J. Tsiantis, H. Van Engeland, J. B. Vincent, F. Volkmar, J. A. Vorstman, S. Wallace, K. Wang, T. H. Wassink, K. White, K. Wing, K. Wittemeyer, B. L. Yaspan, L. Zwaigenbaum, C. Betancur, J. D. Buxbaum, R. M. Cantor, E. H. Cook, H. Coon, M. L. Cuccaro, D. H. Geschwind, J. L. Haines, J. Hallmayer, A. P. Monaco, J. I. Nurnberger, Jr., M. A. Pericak-Vance, G. D. Schellenberg, S. W. Scherer, J. S. Sutcliffe, P. Szatmari, V. J. Vieland, E. M. Wijsman, A. Green, M. Gill, L. Gallagher, A. Vicente, S. Ennis, A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder. Hum. Genet., (Oct 14, 2011). 14. R. Anney, L. Klei, D. Pinto, R. Regan, J. Conroy, T. R. Magalhaes, C. Correia, B. S. Abrahams, N. Sykes, A. T. Pagnamenta, J. Almeida, E. Bacchelli, A. J. Bailey, G. Baird, A. Battaglia, T. Berney, N. Bolshakova, S. Bolte, P. F. Bolton, T. Bourgeron, S. Brennan, J. Brian, A. R. Carson, G. Casallo, J. Casey, S. H. Chu, L. Cochrane, C. Corsello, E. L. Crawford, A. Crossett, G. Dawson, M. de Jonge, R. Delorme, I. Drmic, E. Duketis, F. Duque, A. Estes, P. Farrar, B. A. Fernandez, S. E. Folstein, E. Fombonne, C. M. Freitag, J. Gilbert, C. Gillberg, J. T. Glessner, J. Goldberg, J. Green, S. J. Guter, H. Hakonarson, E. A. Heron, M. Hill, R. Holt, J. L. Howe, G. Hughes, V. Hus, R. Igliozzi, C. Kim, S. M. Klauck, A. Kolevzon, O. Korvatska, V. Kustanovich, C. M. Lajonchere, J. A. Lamb, M. Laskawiec, M. Leboyer, A. Le Couteur, B. L. Leventhal, A. C. Lionel, X. Q. Liu, C. Lord, L. Lotspeich, S. C. Lund, E. Maestrini, W. Mahoney, C. Mantoulan, C. R. Marshall, H. McConachie, C. J. McDougle, J. McGrath, W. M. McMahon, N. M. Melhem, A. Merikangas, O. Migita, N. J. Minshew, G. K. Mirza, J. Munson, S. F. Nelson, C. Noakes, A. Noor, G. Nygren, G. Oliveira, K. Papanikolaou, J. R. Parr, B. Parrini, T. Paton, A. Pickles, J. Piven, D. J. Posey, A. Poustka, F. Poustka, A. Prasad, J. Ragoussis, K. Renshaw, J. Rickaby, W. Roberts, K. Roeder, B. Roge, M. L. Rutter, L. J. Bierut, J. P. Rice, J. Salt, K. Sansom, D. Sato, R. Segurado, L. Senman, N. Shah, V. C. Sheffield, L. Soorya, I. Sousa, V. Stoppioni, C. Strawbridge, R. Tancredi, K. Tansey, B. Thiruvahindrapduram, A. P. Thompson, S. Thomson, A. 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External links
[edit]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNTNAP2 http://www.gga.org.il/homepage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Reviews_Genetics