The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Institute is home to 37 Principal Investigators, more than 400+ scientists and 10 Core labs.
Dan and Duncan Neurological Institute also house the Gordon and Mary Cain Pediatric Neurology Research Foundation Laboratories which are focused on epilepsy research and Baylor College's of Medicine's Center for Drug Discovery which is aimed at quick identification and advancement of small molecules to clinical trials.
Since inception, more than 1700 scientific studies have been published, and more than 85 disease-causing genetic mutations have been discovered or co-discovered by our scientists. There are currently 6 active clinical trials and studies.
Submissions from 2025
Prenatal Metabolomics Analysis and Fetal Congenital Anomalies and Genetic Conditions: A Review of Current Literature, Sarah Araji, Onur Turkoglu, Mohamad Ali Maktabi, et al.
Prenatal Genetic Consultation and Testing, Sarah Araji, Lauren Westerfield, Roni Zemet, et al.
Acute MeCP2 Loss in Adult Mice Reveals Transcriptional and Chromatin Changes That Precede Neurological Dysfunction and Inform Pathogenesis, Sameer S Bajikar, Jian Zhou, Ryan O'Hara, et al.
Implementing a Training Resource for Large-Scale Genomic Data Analysis in the All of Us Researcher Workbench, Jasmine Baker, Erik Stricker, Julie Coleman, et al.
IGF-1 Impacts Neocortical Interneuron Connectivity in Epileptic Spasm Generation and Resolution, Carlos J Ballester-Rosado, John T Le, Trang T Lam, et al.
Rapid Dissection and Dissociation of the Mouse Olfactory Epithelium for Single-Nucleus Suspensions, Benjamin D W Belfort, Anthony M Insalaco, Claude C Chew, et al.
Comparative Analysis of AAV Serotypes for Transduction of Olfactory Sensory Neurons, Benjamin D W Belfort, Johnathan D Jia, Alexandra R Garza, et al.
De Novo Variants in CDKL1 and CDKL2 Are Associated With Neurodevelopmental Symptoms, Ali H Bereshneh, Jonathan C Andrews, Daniel F Eberl, et al.
De Novo and Inherited Variants in DDX39B Cause a Novel Neurodevelopmental Syndrome, Kevin T A Booth, Sharayu V Jangam, Martin M C Chui, et al.
ADSL Deficiency Is a Secondary Mitochondrial Disease Affecting Organelle Homeostasis and ERK2/Akt Signaling in a Linear Genotype-Phenotype Relation, Matteo Bordi, Beatrice Testa, Claudia Compagnucci, et al.
Sex-Specific Astrocyte Regulation of Spinal Motor Circuits by Nkx61, Navish A Bosquez Huerta, Zhung-Fu Lee, Eun-Ah Christine Song, et al.
Developmental Transformations of Purkinje Cells Tracked by DNA Electrokinetic Mobility, Cheryl Brandenburg, Garrett W Crutcher, Andrea J Romanowski, et al.
Psychiatric Genetics in the Diverse Landscape of Latin American Populations, Estela M Bruxel, Diego L Rovaris, Sintia I Belangero, et al.
Computationally Resolved Neuroprogenitor Cell Biomarkers Associate With Human Disorders, Gerarda Cappuccio, William T Choi, Fatih Semerci, et al.
Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities Underlying Behavioral Deficits in a Model of Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Arvind Chandrakantan, Michael R Williamson, Vaishnav Krishnan, et al.
Regulation of Food Intake by Connexin43 via Adipocyte-Sensory Neuron Electrical Synapses, Xi Chen, Xing Fang, Hong Zhou, et al.
Exome Sequencing in Asian Populations Identifies Low-Frequency and Rare Coding Variation Influencing Parkinson’s Disease Risk, Elaine Gy Chew, Zhehao Liu, Zheng Li, et al.
Serotonin Neurons Integrate GABA and Dopamine Inputs To Regulate Meal Initiation, Kristine M Conde, HueyZhong Wong, Shuzheng Fang, et al.
Rare Variants in BMAL1 Are Associated With a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Dechun Chen, Bumsik Cho, et al.
Sleep Drive, Not Total Sleep Amount, Increases Seizure Risk, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Cynthia T Hsu, Fernanda Valle Sirias, et al.
Structural Basis for mTORC1 Activation on the Lysosomal Membrane, Zhicheng Cui, Alessandra Esposito, Gennaro Napolitano, et al.
Folliculin Depletion Results in Liver Cell Damage and Cholangiocarcinoma Through MIT/TFE Activation, Bruno Maria Custode, Francesco Annunziata, Felipe Dos Santos Matos, et al.
Revealing the Nervous System Requirements of Alzheimer Disease Risk Genes in Drosophila, Jennifer M Deger, Shabab B Hannan, Mingxue Gu, et al.
KMT2D Temporally Activates Neuronal Transcriptional Factor Genes To Mediate Cerebellar Granule Cell Differentiation, Shilpa S Dhar, Kyung-Pil Ko, Jinho Jang, et al.
Genome-Wide Prediction of Dominant and Recessive Neurodevelopmental Disorder-Associated Genes, Ryan S Dhindsa, Blake A Weido, Justin S Dhindsa, et al.