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370
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Citations
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Overview

Randi J Hagerman is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a particular focus on genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, autism spectrum disorder research, and congenital heart defects research.

The scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields including genetics, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, clinical psychology, and cell biology. Their work also covers topics such as mitochondrial function and pathology, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, family and disability support research, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Randi J Hagerman include Flora Tassone, Andrea Schneider, David Hessl, Paul J. Hagerman, and María Jimena Salcedo-Arellano.

They have published extensively in several venues, notably the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Genes, Cells, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, and the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Selected recent papers include:

  • An Update on Psychopharmacological Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (2022), Neurotherapeutics
  • Fragile X syndrome and associated disorders: Clinical aspects and pathology (2020), Neurobiology of Disease
  • Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS): Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study of Trofinetide in the Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome (2020), Pediatric Neurology
  • Fragile X Syndrome: From Molecular Aspect to Clinical Treatment (2022), International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their main research fields include genetics with 159 publications, cognitive neuroscience with 85 publications, and molecular biology with 78 publications, reflecting a broad investigation into neurodevelopmental disorders and their molecular bases.

Best Publications

  • Intention tremor, parkinsonism, and generalized brain atrophy in male carriers of fragile X.

    Randi J Hagerman;M. Leehey;W. Heinrichs;Flora Tassone

  • Elevated levels of FMR1 mRNA in carrier males : A new mechanism of involvement in the fragile-X syndrome

    Flora Tassone;Randi J. Hagerman;Randi J. Hagerman;Annette K. Taylor;Louise W. Gane

  • Fragile X Premutation Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: Molecular, Clinical, and Neuroimaging Correlates

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Randi J. Hagerman;Maureen Leehey;Jim Grigsby

  • Fragile X syndrome

    Randi J. Hagerman;Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;Heather Cody Hazlett;Donald B. Bailey

  • The fragile-X premutation: a maturing perspective.

    Paul J. Hagerman;Randi J. Hagerman

  • Penetrance of the Fragile X–Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome in a Premutation Carrier Population

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Randi J. Hagerman;Maureen A. Leehey;Deborah A. Hall

  • The behavioral phenotype in fragile X: symptoms of autism in very young children with fragile X syndrome, idiopathic autism, and other developmental disorders.

    Sally J. Rogers;Elizabeth A. Wehner;Randi Hagerman

  • Advances in the treatment of fragile x Syndrome

    Randi J Hagerman;Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;Walter E. Kaufmann;Michele Y. Ono

  • Epigenetic Modification of the FMR1 Gene in Fragile X Syndrome Is Associated with Differential Response to the mGluR5 Antagonist AFQ056

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Aurore Curie;Vincent des Portes;Maria Giulia Torrioli

  • Neuropathology of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS)

    C. M. Greco;Robert F Berman;Ryan Martin;Flora Tassone

  • Neuronal intranuclear inclusions in a new cerebellar tremor/ataxia syndrome among fragile X carriers.

    C. M. Greco;Randi J Hagerman;Flora Tassone;A. E. Chudley

  • Electrodermal responses to sensory stimuli in individuals with fragile X syndrome: a preliminary report.

    Lucy Jane Miller;D. N. McIntosh;J. McGrath;V. Shyu

  • The FMR1 premutation and reproduction.

    Michael D. Wittenberger;Randi J. Hagerman;Stephanie L. Sherman;Allyn McConkie-Rosell

  • Autism profiles of males with fragile X syndrome.

    Susan W. Harris;David R Hessl;Beth Goodlin-Jones;Jessica A Ferranti

  • The Gut Microbiota and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Qinrui Li;Ying Han;Angel Belle C. Dy;Randi J. Hagerman

  • A pilot open label, single dose trial of fenobam in adults with fragile X syndrome

    Elizabeth M Berry-Kravis;David Hessl;Sarah Coffey;Crystal Hervey

  • Sensory modulation dysfunction in children with attention-deficit–hyperactivity disorder

    Shanley Donelan Mangeot;Lucy Jane Miller;Daniel N McIntosh;Jude McGrath-Clarke

  • Fragile X Premutation Carriers: Characteristic MR Imaging Findings of Adult Male Patients with Progressive Cerebellar and Cognitive Dysfunction

    James A. Brunberg;Sebastien Jacquemont;Randi J. Hagerman;Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis

  • Fragile-X–Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS) in Females with the FMR1 Premutation

    Randi J Hagerman;B. R. Leavitt;F. Farzin;S. Jacquemont

  • Intention tremor, parkinsonism, and generalized brain atrophy in male carriers of fragile X. Authors' reply

    David G. Munoz;R. J. Hagerman;C. Greco;S. Jacquemont

Frequent Co-Authors

Flora Tassone
Flora Tassone University of California, Davis
Paul J. Hagerman
Paul J. Hagerman University of California, Davis
David R Hessl
David R Hessl University of California, Davis
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis
Elizabeth Berry-Kravis Rush University Medical Center
Susan M. Rivera
Susan M. Rivera University of California, Davis
Jim Grigsby
Jim Grigsby University of Colorado Denver
Sébastien Jacquemont
Sébastien Jacquemont University of Montreal
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño
Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño University of California, Davis
John M Olichney
John M Olichney University of California, Davis
Leonard J Abbeduto
Leonard J Abbeduto University of California, Davis

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