Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Two Opposing Brain Malfunctions Cause Two Autism-related Disorders

 

Although several disorders with autism-like symptoms, such as the rare Fragile X syndrome can be traced to a single specific mutation, the majority of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) incidents, however, are caused by several genetic mutations. MIT neuroscientist, Mark Bear, discovered a few years ago that this mutation results in an overproduction of proteins found in brain synapses...

Two Opposing Brain Malfunctions Cause Two Autism-related Disorders
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

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