Genetics studies indicate that neural induction and early neuronal maturation are disturbed in autism.

Postmortem neuropathological studies of autism consistently reveal distinctive types of malformations, including cortical dysplasias, heterotopias, and various neuronomorphometric abnormalities. In keeping with these observations, we review here that 88% of high-risk genes for autism influence neura...

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Main Authors: Emily L. Casanova, Manuel F. Casanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00397/full