Genes, autism and brain structure

May 30, 2011

Medscape Medical News and BioNews (U.K.) reported May 31, Prensa Libre (Guatemala) reported May 29, Digital Journal reported May 28, Ivanhoe News, De Pers (Netherlands) and 35 NBC-TV affiliates reported May 27, and Europa Press (Madrid), JPNN (Jakarta) and Mass Device reported May 26 on UCLA research revealing how autism leaves an unexpected molecular signature on the brain. Senior author Dr. Daniel Geschwind, the Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and a professor of neurology and psychiatry, and first author Irina Voineagu, a postdoctoral fellow in neurology at UCLA, were quoted.