Introduction

CHARGE syndrome, which affects approximately one in 10,000 newborns worldwide, is associated with neurological and behavioural conditions like intellectual disability, attention deficit disorder, convulsions, and autism. And there is currently no treatment for them. Dr Kessen Patten’s team at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) is hoping to change that with their research on the ways the syndrome affects the function of neural circuits. The project is receiving over $700,000 in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).