Shahrokhi, Shokouh
Baker, Emma K.
See, Michael
Ramialison, Mirana
Gamage, Dinusha
Rossello, Fernando J.
Heussler, Helen
Duhig, Michael
Nicholls, Robert D.
Hannan, Anthony J.
Southey, Melissa C.
Veatch, Olivia
Hossain, Waheeda
Bui, Minh
Amor, David J.
Butler, Merlin G.
Godler, David E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (43445)
National Health and Medical Research Council (2029215)
National Health and Medical Research Council (2029215)
National Health and Medical Research Council (2029215)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD02528)
Medical Research Future Fund (MRF1141334)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2025
Accepted: 15 December 2025
First Online: 24 December 2025
Declarations
:
: F.J.R. receives institutional support as a coinvestigator and is subcontracted by the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for an investigator-initiated trial which receives funding support from Sanofi/Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Other authors have no conflict or competing interests to declare.
: All procedures performed in this study are in line with approval from the RCH Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC #33066), with parents / caregivers and those aged 18 years and above, who were deemed cognitively able, providing written informed consent. Informed consent was not required from de-identified brain samples of donors from the NICHD Brain and Tissue Bank in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.