Nicolás Pineda

TL;DR: A highly asymmetric pattern of mating in early Antioquia, involving mostly immigrant men and local native women is indicated, with the frequency of the four Amerind founder lineages being closest to Native Americans currently living in the area.

TL;DR: Evaluating the etiologic/modifier role of the short variant of a functional length polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter in a case / control sample for bipolar mood disorder collected from an isolated South American population found an excess was seen in younger cases and in cases with psychotic symptoms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of the presenilin-1 gene (PS-1 ) mutation on regional cerebral perfusion was evaluated in 57 individuals with early onset AD.

TL;DR: A novel mutation found in a Colombian family with several affected siblings and clinical characteristics compatible with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis associated to early dementia is responsible for the described dementia features.

TL;DR: Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative and progressive disease according to their clinical classification and it should be suspected when there are motoneuronal syndrome and lingual twitches.