Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Autistic Brains Have More Brain Cells, Study Finds - ABC News

Autistic Brains Have More Brain Cells, Study Finds - ABC News

"the autistic children had 67 % more neurons in a region called the prefrontal cortex"
"The brains of the autistic children also weighed an average of 17.5% more than the brains of children without the disorder"

Neuron Number and Size in Prefrontal Cortex of Children With Autism
  • Eric Courchesne (UCSD)
  • Peter R. Mouton,
  • Michael E. Calhoun,
  • Katerina Semendeferi,
  • Clelia Ahrens-Barbeau,
  • Melodie J. Hallet,
  • Cynthia Carter Barnes,
  • Karen Pierce
JAMA. 2011;306(18):2001-2010.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1638

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