Neurodevelopmental disorders: How human cells 'hold hands'
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the brain where language, thought and other higher functions take place -- disrupts the formation of neural circuitry.
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