Researchers reveal first autism candidate gene that demonstrates sensitivity to sex hormones
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 01:31
in Biology & Nature
Biochemists and molecular biologists have found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene in neuronal cell culture through a mechanism that could explain not only higher levels of testosterone observed in some individuals with autism, but also why males have a higher incidence of autism than females.
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