Tag Archives: Autism spectrum disorders

from Nature Reviews Neuroscience by Natasha Bray – Many genetic factors are thought to contribute to autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, whether the effects of these factors converge on common functional pathways is not clear. Now, Geschwind and colleagues at ...

(ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with high heritability. Recent findings support a highly heterogeneous and complex genetic etiology including rare de novo and inherited mutations or chromosomal rearrangements as well as double or multiple hits. A team led ...