Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) Branch (NICHD) Report to the NACHHD Council, June 2005

摘要

This document is the quadrennial report of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MRDD) Branch to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council. The MRDD Branch is a vital, evolving entity within the Center for Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine (CDBPM) at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The MRDD Branch provides the NICHD with a focus for research and research training aimed at understanding, preventing, and ameliorating MRDD and related conditions. The Branchs research portfolio includes studies on etiology, pathophysiology, screening, prevention, treatment, and epidemiology. The Branch research falls into five major categories: Center programs supported by the MRDD Branch; biomedical, genetic/genomic research, and chromosome abnormalities; biochemical and metabolic research; behavioral and biobehavioral research; and newborn screening and prenatal screening and diagnosis.