Patients with FOXG1 syndrome also have an underdeveloped corpus callosum—a thick nerve fiber bundle that connects and transmits information between the right and left sides of the brain, playing a ...

Mutations in this gene can cause FOXG1 syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by structural and functional brain anomalies leading to highly severe behavioral and cognitive symptoms.

5-year-old Eli Reich is one of about 1,000 in the world born with FOXG1 syndrome - a rare genetic disorder that isn’t tested ...