James F. Gusella, PhD
Research Investigator Profile
Biography
Affiliations
James F. Gusella, PhD
- Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics,
Harvard Medical School - Director, Center for Neurofibromatosis
and Allied Disorders, Harvard Medical School - Director, Center for Human Genetic Research,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Research Description
Dr. Gusella’s laboratory is currently pursuing collaborative studies at all stages of the genetic research cycle aimed at discovering genes that cause, predispose to or modify neurological and behavioral disorders or caused abnormal development in subjects with balanced chromosomal aberrations and developmental phenotypes, delineating mechanisms of pathogenesis in Huntington’s disease, Parkinson's disease, neurofibromatosis, and autism and exploring the potential mechanism-based treatments.
| Research interests | The application of human genetics as a tool to discover disease mechanism in human patients and to improve diagnosis, management and treatment |
| Research techniques | genetics/genomics |
| Diseases studied | Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, autism, neurofibromatosis 1, neurofibromatosis 2, brain tumors, biotin-responsive basal ganglia disorder, chromosomally caused developmental abnormalities |
| Selected publications |
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| NCBI PubMed link | NCBI PubMed Publications |
| E-mail address | gusella@helix.mgh.harvard.edu |
| Lab mailing address | CHGR 185 Cambridge Street CPZN 5.830 Boston, MA 02114-2696 |
| Lab website |
Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, |



