Animal Study Offers New Insights On Autism
Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:15
in Biology & Nature
Researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science and the Baylor College of Medicine have identified a protein that when removed from mice results in behaviors that are akin to those with autism and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Neuron, may enhance our understanding of these and other neurological disorders. read more
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