News and Information from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Notables is a monthly e-newsletter to share stories about discoveries and best practices that are opening doors and transforming lives for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Researchers from the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) are partnering to examine how genes affect sleep and circadian disturbances in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with a goal of creating a genetic risk…
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Vanderbilt Consortium LEND has seen a lot of change this year, including the installment of a new director, new program staff members, and growth within its cohort at East Tennessee State University. Among the changes is…
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Mutations in a subunit of a receptor that binds the major inhibitory neurotransmitter GABAA in the brain have been linked, through a common mechanism, to epilepsy, autism and intellectual disability, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center…
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After a brief hiatus for restructuring, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Learning Assessment Clinic has reopened with a new clinic director. Rachel Hundley, Ph.D., has taken the helm as the Learning Assessment Clinic’s (LAC) director this…
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This is a monthly email of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Notables published by the Communications staff of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Between issues of Notables, you can stay up to date on the latest Vanderbilt Kennedy Center news, information, and resources via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Facebook page.