Autism changes molecular structure of the brain. Wednesday, May 25, 2011 For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to unravel a disorder that leaves no known physical trace as it develops in the brain.
Now a UCLA study is the first to reveal how the disorder makes its mark at the molecular level, resulting in an autistic brain that differs dramatically in structure from a healthy one. Published May 25 in the advance online edition of Nature, the findings provide new insight into how genes and proteins go awry in autism to alter the mind. Autism_Supercharged_Brains.pdf (application/pdf Object) Morton Gernsbacher's Lab.