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Social deficits and seizures in autism genetic subtype tied to overexcited brain circuits
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Social deficits and seizures in autism genetic subtype tied to overexcited brain circuits

by Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cause of a genetic subtype of autism and schizophrenia that results in social deficits and seizures in mice and humans. Scientists have discovered a key feature of this subtype is a duplicated gene that results in overactive or overexcited brain circuits. The...