Gene linked to persistent stuttering into adulthood uncovered: A new study led by University of Melbourne researchers has discovered a link between a new gene pathway and structural brain anomalies in some people who stutter into adulthood, opening up promising research avenues to enhance the understanding of persistent developmental stuttering. Published today in the leading international neuroscience and translational journal Brain, researchers studied 27 members of a four-generation Australian family, 13 of whom have stuttering. Stuttering is a speech disorder affecting around five per cent of children and one per cent of adults worldwide. In over two thirds of cases
Gene linked to persistent stuttering uncovered as seen on The Hippocratic Post.