New autism research on single neurons suggests signaling problems in brain circuits
(WorldNews Health)

A new technology has enabled neuroscientists to examine the chemistry of individual brain cells. The finding reveal how genes are regulated differently in brain cells from autistic versus healthy people. Autism affects at least 2% of children in the United States - an estimated 1 in 59. This is challenging for both the patients and their parents or caregivers. What´s worse is that today there is no medical treatment for autism. That is in large part because we still don´t fully understand how autism develops and alters normal brain function. One of the main reasons it is hard to decipher the processes that cause the disease is that it is highly variable. So how do we understand how autism...