Research Consortium

The AgCC Research Consortium is a multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary effort to understand corpus callosum agenesis in humans; its causes and its consequences. This consortium simultaneously pursues information that may be helpful to individuals with these disorders and information which can advance scientific knowledge about the corpus callosum.

	The Corpus Callosum Program at Caltech is a section of Dr. Ralph Adolps' Emotion and Social Cognition Laboratory. The program is directed by Dr. Lynn Paul and Dr. Mike Tyszka, in collaboration with Dr. Adolphs. Current research is focused on brain structure, social cognition, and emotional responsiveness in individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC). Website: http://www.emotion.caltech.edu
	Dr. Elliott Sherr and his collaborators at UCSF are studying the genetic causes of disorders of brain development that affect the corpus callosum and how the regions of the brain connect differently when the callosum is missing. The goal of our research is to use a better understanding of the underlying genetic causes as a foundation to develop better treatment for these groups of patients. Website: http://www.ucsf.edu/brain/callosum/callosum.htm
	The TRI AgCC Research program is directed by Dr. Warren Brown and Dr. Lynn Paul. Dr. Brown's laboratory has been studying the cognitive and psychosocial symptoms of Primary AgCC since 1991. This program has examined motor coordination, basic cognitive skills, memory, non-literal language, narrative generation, humor, theory of mind, problem solving, creativity, and other domains in an effort to understand the common neuropsychololgical symptoms due to callosal absence. Website: http://www.fuller.edu/sop/travis/Biopsych/biopsych2.asp