Analysis of 26 Networked Autism Genes Suggests Functional Role in the Cerebellum, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Study

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A team of scientists has obtained intriguing insights into two groups of autism candidate genes in the mammalian brain that new evidence suggests are functionally and spatially related. The newly published analysis identifies two networked groupings from 26 genes associated with autism that are overexpressed in the cerebellar cortex, in areas dominated by neurons called granule cells.

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