14/10/2008 23:09
The BBC has reported that research has been presented to the Society for Neuroscience from the University of Washington concerning the correlation between abnormal neuronal connections in the cerebral cortex and adults with autism. Researchers analysed EEG scans of the cerebral cortex of adults...
01/10/2008 08:01
The BBC has reported that Oxford scientists have shown on average, out of 6,000 7-9yr olds, those who carried a common genetic variant of KIAA0319 performed poor on tests for reading ability. It has previously been shown that this genetic variant is linked to a reduced activity of KIAA0319 gene....
17/08/2006 02:08
Scientists from the University of California have found gene HAR1, active in Cajal Retzius neurons, is expressed during early embryonic development at the same time that protein reelin is active. Reelin guides the growth and connections of neurons. Although evidence is not conclusive, the...
