Mouse pups' cries give clues about autism spectrum disorder
E-Mail IMAGE: Noboru Hiroi, PhD, and collaborators are studying which mouse pup cries are most predictive of the pups developing autism spectrum disorder later. Dr. Hiroi is a professor at The University... view more Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO (May 27, 2021) -- One-fifth of babies who inherit a genetic variant located on chromosome 16 will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by age 3. The variant is called 16p11.2 deletion. Noboru Hiroi, PhD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also referred to a...
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