Recent Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Dear colleauges,

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) represent a group of complex and heterogeneous disorders characterized by impairment of growth and development of the brain often associated with impaired cognition, communication, adaptive behavior, and psychomotor skills. It is an umbrella term that can traverse, to varying degrees, diverse disease classifications, such us autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. Multiple causes have been associated with NDDs, including genetic, environmental, infectious, and traumatic, among others, which in general do not operate alone but instead interact with each other. NDDs are a public health challenge due to the complexity and heterogeneity of the etiology in conjugation with high prevalence attained. It is crucial to provide researchers and clinicians with the most up-to-date information on the etiopathogenesis and therapeutic strategies for the patients as well as to shed light on the co-occurrence of various medical and behavioral conditions/symptoms.

Dr. Gabriele Tripi
Guest Editor

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