Prof. Simon E. Fisher
Biography | Publications | Complete CV
1994-1997 | 1998-2001 | 2002-2004 | 2005-2007 | 2008-present
2007
Vernes SC, Spiteri E, Nicod J, Groszer M, Taylor JM, Davies KE, Geschwind DH, Fisher SE (2007) High-throughput analysis of promoter occupancy reveals direct neural targets of FOXP2, a gene mutated in speech and language disorders. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 81: 1232-50 [abstract] [free pdf] [free full article with supplementary info]
Spiteri E, Konopka G, Coppola G, Bomar J, Oldham M, Ou J, Vernes SC, Fisher SE, Ren B, Geschwind DH (2007) Identification of the transcriptional targets of FOXP2, a gene linked to speech and language, in developing human brain. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 81: 1144-57 [abstract] [free pdf]
Francks C, Maegawa S, Laurén J, Abrahams BS, Velayos-Baeza A, Medland SE, Colella S, Groszer M, McAuley EZ, Caffrey TM, Timmusk T, Pruunsild P, Koppel I, Lind PA, Matsumoto-Itaba N, Nicod J, Xiong L, Joober R, Enard W, Krinsky B, Nanba E, Richardson AJ, Riley BP, Martin NG, Strittmatter SM, Möller HJ, Rujescu D, St Clair D, Muglia P, Roos JL, Fisher SE, Wade-Martins R, Rouleau GA, Stein JF, Karayiorgou M, Geschwind DH, Ragoussis J, Kendler KS, Airaksinen MS, Oshimura M, DeLisi LE, Monaco AP (2007) LRRTM1 on chromosome 2p12 is a maternally suppressed gene that is associated paternally with handedness and schizophrenia. Mol. Psychiatry 12: 1129-39, 1057 [abstract] [free pdf] [supplementary info]
Monaco AP & The SLI Consortium (2007) Multivariate linkage analysis of Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Ann. Hum. Genet. 71: 660-73 [abstract] [free pdf]
French CA, Groszer M, Preece C, Coupe A-M, Rajewsky K, Fisher SE (2007) Generation of mice with a conditional Foxp2 null allele. Genesis 45: 440-6 [abstract] [free pdf]
Fisher SE (2007) Molecular windows into speech and language disorders. Folia Phoniatr. Logop. 59: 130-40 [abstract] [article] [free pdf]
2006
White SA, Fisher SE, Geschwind DH, Scharff C, Holy TE (2006) Singing mice, songbirds, and more: models for FOXP2 function and dysfunction in human speech and language. J. Neurosci. 26: 10376-9 [abstract] [free pdf]
Vernes SC, Nicod J, Elahi FM, Coventry JA, Kenny N, Coupe A-M, Bird LE, Davies KE, Fisher SE (2006) Functional genetic analysis of mutations implicated in a human speech and language disorder. Hum. Mol. Genet. 15: 3154-67 [abstract] [free pdf] [supplementary data]
Fisher SE (2006) Tangled webs: tracing the connections between genes and cognition. Cognition 101: 270-97 (refereed review article) [abstract] [pdf]
Fisher SE, Francks C (2006) Genes, cognition and dyslexia: learning to read the genome. Trends Cogn. Sci. 10: 250-7 (refereed review article) [abstract] [pdf]
Ogdie MN, Bakker SC, Fisher SE, Francks C, Yang MH, Cantor RM, Loo SK, van der Meulen E, Pearson P, Buitelaar J, Monaco A, Nelson SF, Sinke RJ, Smalley SL (2006) Pooled genome-wide linkage data on 424 ADHD ASPs suggests genetic heterogeneity and a common risk locus at 5p13. Mol. Psychiatry 11: 5-8 [PubMed entry] [free pdf]
Fisher SE, Marcus GF (2006) The eloquent ape: genes, brains and the evolution of language. Nature Rev. Genet. 7: 9-20 (refereed review article) [abstract] [pdf]
Fisher SE (2006) How can animal studies help to uncover the roles of genes implicated in human speech and language disorders? In: Transgenic and Knockout Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders (eds. Fisch GS, Flint, J) 127-49 (Humana press, USA) [book information from publisher] [purchase book at Amazon]
2005
Fisher SE (2005) On genes, speech, and language. N. Engl. J. Med. 353: 1655-7 (Perspective article) [PubMed entry] [pdf]
Gayán J, Willcutt EG, Fisher SE, Francks C, Cardon LR, Olson RK, Pennington BF, Smith SD, Monaco AP, DeFries JC (2005) Bivariate linkage scan for reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder localizes pleiotropic loci. J. Child Psychol. Psychiatr. 46: 1045-56 [abstract] [pdf]
MacDermot KD, Bonora E, Sykes N, Coupe A-M, Lai CSL, Vernes SC, Vargha-Khadem F, McKenzie F, Smith RL, Monaco AP, Fisher SE (2005) Identification of FOXP2 truncation as a novel cause of developmental speech and language deficits. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 76: 1074-80 [abstract] [free pdf]
Fisher SE (2005) Dissection of molecular mechanisms underlying speech and language disorders. Appl. Psycholing. 26: 111-28 [abstract] [free pdf]