If one of your patients is a sufferer of a congenital growth abnormality such as craniosynostosis or achondroplasia. Do

Question: If one of your patients is a sufferer of a congenital growth abnormality such as craniosynostosis or achondroplasia. Do you notice a significant difference in the actual cell physiology of the neurons themselves in comparison to a compariable baseline of a normal healty indivdual?
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  congenital,
  disease,
  growth,
  neuron
Asked by webbo1 to Damien, Rachael, Suzi, Tim on 22 Jun 2011.
- Suzi Gage answered on 22 Jun 2011:
  
  Hi @webbo1
  I’m afraid I don’t deal with patients, and I certainly don’t look at their actual brains, so I can’t answer this from personal research experience.
  These illnesses affect the skull growth rather than the brain itself, so I don’t know whether they would affect the actual neurons.
  
  Often people with craniosynotosis get bad headaches or vision problems as the skull ‘squashes’ the brain, but I don’t know whether this leads to changes in the neurons.
  
  Sorry I can’t fully answer your question.

Question: If one of your patients is a sufferer of a congenital growth abnormality such as craniosynostosis or achondroplasia. Do you notice a significant difference in the actual cell physiology of the neurons themselves in comparison to a compariable baseline of a normal healty indivdual?