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Researchers Develop Miniature Brain to Study Autism Spectrum Disorder

Saranya Palanisamy   |

Jul 18, 2015 09:10 AM EDT

A new research in stem cells carried out by researchers at Yale School of Medicine has shown that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have large heads usually referred as macrocephaly. According to the study published in the journal Cell, the researchers are hoping to find the reason behind abnormal development of cerebral cortex in children with severe ASD.