Using an animal model, brain researchers in Göttingen have examined the effects of mutations that cause autism in humans. These are mutations in the genes which carry the building instructions for proteins in the neuroligin family.The study shows that neuroligins ensure that signal transmission between nerve cells functions.
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
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