Disruption of an Evolutionarily Novel Synaptic Expression Pattern in Autism.

Cognitive defects in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) include socialization and communication: key behavioral capacities that separate humans from other species. Here, we analyze gene expression in the prefrontal cortex of 63 autism patients and control individuals, as well as 62 chimpanzees and macaq...

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Published in:	PLoS Biology
Main Authors:	Xiling Liu, Dingding Han, Mehmet Somel, Xi Jiang, Haiyang Hu, Patricia Guijarro, Ning Zhang, Amanda Mitchell, Tobias Halene, John J Ely, Chet C Sherwood, Patrick R Hof, Zilong Qiu, Svante Pääbo, Schahram Akbarian, Philipp Khaitovich
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5042529?pdf=render