Impact on Brain Development Due to WAC Loss of Function, a High Confidence Autism Risk Gene
Daniel Vogt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
The Vogt Lab seeks to uncover how GABAergic inhibitory neurons develop, mature and contribute to the normal functions of the brain. It studies genes involved in inhibitory neuron development and maturation, as well as those implicated in disease. In addition, it is interested in how autism spectrum disorder risk-genes contribute to the normal biology of the brain and how mutations in these genes impact function.