Christopher A. Walsh
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American professor of pediatrics and neurology
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#97
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#111
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#26
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#189
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#262
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#45
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Christopher A. Walsh's Degrees
- Masters Medicine Harvard University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Christopher A. Walsh is the Bullard Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Genetics at Children's Hospital Boston, Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the former Director of the Harvard–MIT MD–PhD Program. His research focuses on genetics of human cortical development and somatic mutations contributions to human brain diseases.
Christopher A. Walsh's Published Works
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- Multipotent neural cell lines can engraft and participate in development of mouse cerebellum (1992) (911)
- Widespread dispersion of neuronal clones across functional regions of the cerebral cortex. (1992) (584)
- Clonally related cortical cells show several migration patterns. (1988) (463)
- Somatic mutation in single human neurons tracks developmental and transcriptional history (2015) (456)
- Clonal dispersion in proliferative layers of developing cerebral cortex (1993) (238)
- Mammalian target of rapamycin pathway mutations cause hemimegalencephaly and focal cortical dysplasia (2015) (213)
- Genetic causes of microcephaly and lessons for neuronal development (2013) (202)
- Generation of cat retinal ganglion cells in relation to central pathways (1983) (176)
- The topography of ganglion cell production in the cat's retina (1985) (148)
- Telencephalic Neural Progenitors Appear To Be Restricted to Regional and Glial Fates before the Onset of Neurogenesis (2001) (136)
- Genotype–phenotype analysis of human frontoparietal polymicrogyria syndromes (2005) (131)
- Changing glial organization relates to changing fiber order in the developing optic nerve of ferrets (1987) (114)
- Lineage analysis using retrovirus vectors. (1993) (99)
- Age-related fiber order in the optic tract of the ferret (1985) (93)
- Consistent chromosome abnormalities identify novel polymicrogyria loci in 1p36.3, 2p16.1–p23.1, 4q21.21–q22.1, 6q26–q27, and 21q2 (2008) (92)
- Markers of cellular proliferation are expressed in cortical tubers (2003) (81)
- The role of RELN in lissencephaly and neuropsychiatric disease (2007) (65)
- Donnai–Barrow syndrome (DBS/FOAR) in a child with a homozygous LRP2 mutation due to complete chromosome 2 paternal isodisomy (2008) (56)
- Congenital Microcephaly with a Simplified Gyral Pattern: Associated Findings and Their Significance (2011) (55)
- Bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria, Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome, and GPR56 gene mutations (2009) (53)
- Biallelic Mutations in ATP5F1D, which Encodes a Subunit of ATP Synthase, Cause a Metabolic Disorder (2018) (51)
- The landscape of somatic mutation in cerebral cortex of autistic and neurotypical individuals revealed by ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing (2021) (50)
- The landscape of somatic mutation in cerebral cortex of autistic and neurotypical individuals revealed by ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing (2021) (50)
- Age-related fiber order in the ferret's optic nerve and optic chiasm (1986) (48)
- Comprehensive EMX2 genotyping of a large schizencephaly case series (2007) (45)
- A window into living with an undiagnosed disease: illness narratives from the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (2017) (44)
- The Epigenetic State of PRDM16-Regulated Enhancers in Radial Glia Controls Cortical Neuron Position (2018) (44)
- G‐protein coupled receptor 56 promotes myoblast fusion through serum response factor‐ and nuclear factor of activated T‐cell‐mediated signalling but is not essential for muscle development in vivo (2013) (41)
- Rewiring of human neurodevelopmental gene regulatory programs by human accelerated regions (2021) (40)
- DCC mutation update: Congenital mirror movements, isolated agenesis of the corpus callosum, and developmental split brain syndrome (2018) (35)
- Novel loss‐of‐function variants in DIAPH1 associated with syndromic microcephaly, blindness, and early onset seizures (2016) (35)
- Somatic genomic changes in single Alzheimer’s disease neurons (2022) (33)
- Partial Loss of USP9X Function Leads to a Male Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Disorder Converging on Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling (2020) (33)
- Toward a better definition of focal cortical dysplasia: An iterative histopathological and genetic agreement trial (2021) (32)
- Impaired proliferation and migration in human Miller‐Dieker neural precursors (2006) (31)
- Phenotypic heterogeneity in Woodhouse–Sakati syndrome: Two new families with a mutation in the C2orf37 gene (2011) (30)
- Studies of cortical development using retrovirus vectors. (1990) (30)
- Model organisms contribute to diagnosis and discovery in the undiagnosed diseases network: current state and a future vision (2021) (29)
- The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: An update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission (2022) (27)
- Cell lineage and cell migration in the developing cerebral cortex (1990) (26)
- A microRNA negative feedback loop downregulates vesicle transport and inhibits fear memory (2016) (26)
- Cell lineage and patterns of migration in the developing cortex. (1995) (26)
- Mechanism-based enzyme inactivation using an allyl sulfoxide-allyl sulfenate ester rearrangement (1980) (24)
- Fibre order in the pathways from the eye to the brain (1984) (24)
- 16p11.2 deletion is associated with hyperactivation of human iPSC-derived dopaminergic neuron networks and is rescued by RHOA inhibition in vitro (2021) (24)
- Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus (2022) (23)
- FLNA genomic rearrangements cause periventricular nodular heterotopia (2012) (22)
- Delineation of the Clinical, Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Novel JAM3 Mutations Underlying the Autosomal Recessive Hemorrhagic Destruction of the Brain, Subependymal Calcification, and Congenital Cataracts (2013) (22)
- Brain Somatic Mutation in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (2021) (21)
- Genomic structural variants are linked with intellectual disability (2015) (21)
- Characteristics of undiagnosed diseases network applicants: implications for referring providers (2018) (19)
- Bi-allelic Variants in DYNC1I2 Cause Syndromic Microcephaly with Intellectual Disability, Cerebral Malformations, and Dysmorphic Facial Features. (2019) (19)
- An autosomal dominant neurological disorder caused by de novo variants in FAR1 resulting in uncontrolled synthesis of ether lipids (2020) (18)
- A technique for flat embedding and en face sectioning of the mammalian retina for autoradiography (1984) (18)
- Genetic mosaicism in the human brain: from lineage tracing to neuropsychiatric disorders (2022) (14)
- Commonalities across computational workflows for uncovering explanatory variants in undiagnosed cases (2021) (12)
- Clinical sites of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network: Unique contributions to genomic medicine and science (2020) (12)
- Cell lineage and regional specification in the mammalian neocortex. (1993) (10)
- Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability (2022) (10)
- Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability (2022) (10)
- RCL1 copy number variants are associated with a range of neuropsychiatric phenotypes (2021) (9)
- Biallelic MADD variants cause a phenotypic spectrum ranging from developmental delay to a multisystem disorder. (2020) (9)
- Single-cell genome sequencing of human neurons identifies somatic point mutation and indel enrichment in regulatory elements (2022) (8)
- A novel 2q37 microdeletion containing human neural progenitors genes including STK25 results in severe developmental delay, epilepsy, and microcephaly (2015) (8)
- Whole-genome analysis reveals the contribution of non-coding de novo transposon insertions to autism spectrum disorder (2021) (8)
- De novo variants in TCF7L2 are associated with a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder (2021) (7)
- Early uncrossed component of the developing optic nerve with a short extracerebral course: A light and electron microscopic study of fetal ferrets (1987) (7)
- Orgo-Seq integrates single-cell and bulk transcriptomic data to identify cell type specific-driver genes associated with autism spectrum disorder (2022) (7)
- Rates and Patterns of Clonal Oncogenic Mutations in the Normal Human Brain (2021) (7)
- Variants in PRKAR1B cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with autism spectrum disorder, apraxia, and insensitivity to pain (2020) (7)
- Somatic mutations in single human cardiomyocytes reveal age-associated DNA damage and widespread oxidative genotoxicity (2022) (6)
- Application of single cell genomics to focal epilepsies: A call to action (2021) (5)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging characteristics in case of TOR1AIP1 muscular dystrophy. (2019) (5)
- Correction: Phenotypic expansion of CACNA1C-associated disorders to include isolated neurological manifestations (2021) (5)
- Genetic malformations of the human frontal lobe (2010) (4)
- A neural stem cell paradigm of pediatric hydrocephalus. (2022) (4)
- One is the loneliest number: genotypic matchmaking using the electronic health record (2021) (4)
- Biallelic loss-of-function variants in WDR11 are associated with microcephaly and intellectual disability (2021) (4)
- Identification of rare-disease genes using blood transcriptome sequencing and large control cohorts (2019) (3)
- Rainer (Ray) W. Guillery 28 August 1929-7 April 2017. (2017) (3)
- Erratum: De Novo Variants in WDR37 Are Associated with Epilepsy, Colobomas, Dysmorphism, Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disability, and Cerebellar Hypoplasia (The American Journal of Human Genetics (2019) 105(2) (413–424), (S0002929719302393), (10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.06.014)) (2019) (3)
- Loss of non-motor kinesin KIF26A causes congenital brain malformations via dysregulated neuronal migration and axonal growth as well as apoptosis. (2022) (3)
- Prevalence and mechanisms of somatic deletions in single human neurons during normal aging and in DNA repair disorders (2022) (3)
- Schizophrenia-associated somatic copy number variants from 12,834 cases reveal contribution to risk and recurrent, isoform-specific NRXN1 disruptions (2022) (2)
- Somatic mutations reveal hypermutable brains and are associated with neuropsychiatric disorders (2022) (2)
- Somatic mutations in single human cardiomyocytes demonstrate accelerated age-related DNA damage and cell fusion (2020) (2)
- Significant linkage and structural genomic variants at 12q24.21-q24.32 found in genetic isolate with aggregation of unspecific mental retardation (2013) (2)
- The ClinGen Brain Malformation Variant Curation Expert Panel: Rules for somatic variants in AKT3, MTOR, PIK3CA, and PIK3R2. (2022) (2)
- Comprehensive identification of somatic nucleotide variants in human brain tissue (2021) (1)
- Correction to: An autosomal dominant neurological disorder caused by de novo variants in FAR1 resulting in uncontrolled synthesis of ether lipids (2021) (1)
- Phenotypic expansion of CACNA1C-associated disorders to include isolated neurological manifestations (2021) (1)
- A resource of lipidomics and metabolomics data from individuals with undiagnosed diseases (2021) (1)
- Comparative transcriptomics reveals human-specific cortical features (2022) (1)
- DNA Adductomics by Mass Tag Prelabeling. (2021) (1)
- Jettison-MS of Nucleic Acid Species. (2020) (1)
- Enrichment of somatic mutations in schizophrenia brain targets prenatally active transcription factor bindings sites (2022) (1)
- Delineation of a KDM2B-related neurodevelopmental disorder and its associated DNA methylation signature (2022) (1)
- Somatic Ras/Raf/MAPK Variants Enriched in the Hippocampus in Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (2022) (1)
- ANKLE2 ‐related microcephaly: A variable microcephaly syndrome resembling Zika infection (2022) (0)
- Accurate detection of mosaic variants in sequencing data without matched controls (2020) (0)
- Author Correction: The landscape of somatic mutation in cerebral cortex of autistic and neurotypical individuals revealed by ultra-deep whole-genome sequencing (2021) (0)
- MIPP-Seq: ultra-sensitive rapid detection and validation of low-frequency mosaic mutations (2021) (0)
- Impaired catabolism of free oligosaccharides due to MAN2C1 variants causes a neurodevelopmental disorder (2022) (0)
- Bi-allelic variants in INTS11 are associated with a complex neurological disorder. (2023) (0)
- Recessive gene disruptions in autism spectrum disorder (2019) (0)
- OP-BIBJ160087 954..961 (2017) (0)
- Biallelic mutations in human DCC cause developmental split-brain syndrome (2017) (0)
- A recurrent de novo variant in NUSAP1 escapes nonsense-mediated decay and leads to microcephaly, epilepsy, and developmental delay. (2023) (0)
- The SNARE-mediated vesicular transport pathway plays major roles in synaptic remodeling (2016) (0)
- on a Distinctive Subtype of Extracellular Vesicles. (2018) (0)
- Contrasting patterns of somatic mutations in neurons and glia reveal differential predisposition to disease in the aging human brain (2023) (0)
- Aspm knockout ferret reveals an evolutionary mechanism governing cerebral cortical size (2018) (0)
- Whole-genome analysis reveals the contribution of non-coding de novo transposon insertions to autism spectrum disorder (2021) (0)
- Somatic mosaicism and neurodevelopmental disease (2018) (0)
- TMEM161B regulates cerebral cortical gyration, Sonic Hedgehog signaling, and ciliary structure in the developing central nervous system (2023) (0)
- An econometric lens resolves cell-state parallax (2023) (0)
- Optic Nerves, Optic Chiasm, and Optic Tracts (1988) (0)
- Lineage analysis using retrovirus vectors. (1995) (0)
- Data integration of bulk and single-cell transcriptomics from cerebral organoids and post-mortem brains to identify cell types and cell type specific driver genes in autism (2020) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2018) (0)
- Whole exome sequencing of right-sided asymmetric polymicrogyria (2012) (0)
- A comprehensive iterative approach is highly effective in diagnosing individuals who are exome negative (2018) (0)
- Message from the incoming editor (2013) (0)
- VarSight: prioritizing clinically reported variants with binary classification algorithms (2019) (0)
- 575 Hot and cold in Drosophila larvae (2003) (0)
- contribution to risk and recurrent , isoform-specific NRXN 1 disruptions 2 (2021) (0)
- Contribution of Somatic Ras/Raf/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Variants in the Hippocampus in Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. (2023) (0)
- ReCCEL Final Feasibility Report (2016) (0)
- Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC) iPSYCH-BROAD Consortium Broad Institute Center for Common Disease Genomics (Broad-CCDG) (2021) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2018) (0)
- Advisory Board and Contents (2020) (0)
- Response to “The Role of Cytomegalovirus in Schizencephaly” by Spalice et al. (2011) (0)
- Industrial Control System Process-Oriented Intrusion Detection (iPoid) Algorithm (2016) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2018) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2018) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2017) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2018) (0)
- Chapter 12-Focal cortical dysplasia (2020) (0)
- Editorial Board and Contents (2017) (0)
- Cancer Morbidity in Lamp Manufacturing Workers Cancer Morbidity in Lamp Manufacturing Workers (2019) (0)
- Glial dysregulation in human brain in Fragile X-related disorders (2022) (0)
- Single‐Neuron Genome Sequencing in Alzheimer’s Disease Identifies Disease‐Specific Somatic Alterations and Insights into Pathogenesis (2022) (0)
- In Memoriam: Frederick Andermann, MD (2019) (0)
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