Mice with Genetic Defect for Human Stuttering Offer New Insight Into Speech Disorder (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Mice with Genetic Defect for Human Stuttering Offer New Insight Into Speech Disorder

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Senior scientist Terra Barnes, PhD, and associate professor of neurosciences Tim Holy, PhD, hold mouse pups. Barnes and Holy recorded the vocalizations of three- to eight-day-old mouse pups and found that those that carry a mutation in a gene associated with stuttering in humans produced abnormal vocalizations with pauses and repetitions similar to human stuttering.

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Robert Boston/Washington University

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