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Stuttering Reflects Irregularities in Brain Setup

Posted on January 23, 2012 by StutteringNews

Article from Scientific American Stuttering Reflects Irregularities in Brain Setup A stutter indicates a massive change in brain wiring that affects more than just speech Put on a pair of headphones and turn up the volume so that you can’t … Continue reading →

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Surprising pathway implicated in stuttering

Posted on November 28, 2011 by StutteringNews

From: Washington University in St. Louis By Julia Evangelou Strait Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have obtained new evidence that at least some persistent stuttering is caused by mutations in a gene governing not speech, … Continue reading →

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SpeechEasy – An Assistive Device for Stuttering

Posted on November 14, 2011 by StutteringNews

From disabled-world.com Information provided by Wendy Taormina-Weiss – Published: 2011-11-11 People who stutter want to be able to express their ideas, feelings, thoughts and more as freely as people who do not stutter. They certainly deserve to have a voice that … Continue reading →

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The brains of people who have stammered since childhood show evidence of ‘rewiring’ between the left and right brain

Posted on August 18, 2011 by StutteringNews

From The Daily Mail article: The scientists used Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to interfere temporarily with brain activity during the experiment. TMS is a non-invasive method of interrupting the activity of neurons which allows scientists to study the functioning and … Continue reading →

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Genes Discovered To Have Links With Stuttering

Posted on July 29, 2010 by StutteringNews

Researchers have identified 3 genes as a source of stuttering. Because stuttering tends to run in families, researchers have long suspected a genetic component. In previous work involving families from Pakistan, a team led by Dr. Dennis Drayna of NIH’s … Continue reading →

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Pagoclone Trial Results

Posted on July 22, 2010 by StutteringNews

Here is an update from Endo Pharmaceuticals on their research into the effectiveness of Pagoclone, a drug which was being studied to help treat stuttering: Endo Pharmaceuticals has completed the initial analyses of the data from an ongoing pagoclone study … Continue reading →

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