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Altered cell cycle gene activity underlies brain overgrowth in autistic toddlers

December 14, 2015 by

Further underscoring the prenatal origins of Autism Spectrum Disorder, researchers describe for the first time how abnormal gene activity in cell cycle networks that are known to control brain cell production may underlie abnormal early brain growth in the disorder.

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