Scheduled for completion in 2010, the
Jan and Dan Duncan
Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s
Hospital will consist of research labs and a vivarium
within its 14 floors and
370,000 square feet of space.
Texas Children’s Department of Pediatrics faculty has been at the forefront of identifying genes that cause neurological disorders, including Fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Prader-Willi syndrome, spinocerebellar ataxia,
inherited ataxias and the brain malformation lissencephaly.
The Jan and Dan Duncan
Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s
Hospital will house some of the finest researchers in the world, including
Dr. Huda Zoghbi. Dr. Zoghbi and her research group identified MeCP2, or methyl-CpG binding protein 2, as the causative gene in Rett syndrome – an X-chromosome-linked neurological disorder.
With more than 26 pediatric neurologists, Texas Children’s is home to the largest pediatric neurology division in the world, including the Bridges Program,
the Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology and the Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics.
