See variants: The activity in the visual areas of the brain could reflect the genetics that underlie Phelan-Mcdermid syndrome. Paul Fedrau / Getty Images According to a new study, brain responses to visual stimuli in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with autism, are smaller and weaker than in non-autistic children. The difference […]
Inna / Adobe Stock Johannes Constantino Professor, Washington University in St. Louis The most common forms of autism – those that do not occur as part of a rare genetic syndrome – are highly heritable. But despite this clearly biological basis, disease variability has hampered the search for biomarkers that could be used to improve […]
