Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Supported by Simons Foundation, Scientists Discover Clues To Altered Brain Wiring In Autism
Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmental factors.
One piece of this puzzle that has emerged in recent years is a biochemical cascade called the mTOR pathway that regulates growth in the developing brain.
A mutation in one of the genes that controls this pathway, PTEN (also known as phosphatase and tensin homolog), can cause a particular form of autism called macrocephaly/autism syndrome...