Mice With "Mohawks" Help Scientists Link Autism to Two Biological Pathways in Brain
Sunday, May 25, 2014 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
"Aha" moments are rare in medical research, scientists say. As rare, they add, as finding mice with Mohawk-like hairstyles. But both events happened in a lab at NYU Langone Medical Center, months after an international team of neuroscientists bred hundreds of mice with a suspect genetic mutation tied to autism spectrum disorders.