Retinal alterations in a pre-clinical model of an autism spectrum disorder

Abstract Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect around 1.5% of people worldwide. Symptoms start around age 2, when children fail to maintain eye contact and to develop speech and other forms of communication. Disturbances in glutamatergic and GABAergic signaling that lead to synaptic chan...

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Main Authors: Elisa Maria Guimarães-Souza, Christina Joselevitch, Luiz Roberto G. Britto, Silvana Chiavegatto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Molecular Autism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-019-0270-8