Genetic research conducted in association with the UC Davis MIND Institute on mice may have identified a mechanism through which genes associated with autism effect energy use in neurons. The disruption causes harm in the mitochondria of nerve cells and this then seems to lead to some social avoidance and repetitive behaviors in mice of the type associated with Autism. Read more about it at medicalnewstoday.com here:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/249009.php
Read the research article at plosone.org here:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042504
Also read more about this at psychcentral.com here:
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