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Research by Topic: brains
Neurons increase in social brain region as children become adults – except in autism
Published March 20, 2018Researchers at Autism BrainNet node UC Davis MIND Institute found that while typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults, people with ASD do not. The open access research published in PNAS studied 52 postmortem human brains, both neurotypical and […]
Filed under: amygdala, Autism, autism brainnet, brains, featured, open access, PNAS, research, science, UC Davis MIND Institute
Those “brains in a dish” are not enough to study autism
Published July 27, 2015This week on the ASF podcast, we talk to @drdgsmith from Autism Speaks about the new study which turns skin cells into brain cells. It iis fascinating and important, but is not sufficient to study the brains of people with autism. Hear more on www.asfpodcast.org
Filed under: air pollution, Autism, brains, featured, Genetics, in vitro, review