Andrew West

Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Andrew West is associate professor of neurology and neurobiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Spectrum

By Dan Arking, Andrew West

4 September 2012

6 min read

Postmortem brains crucial for autism research

Postmortem brains from individuals with autism allow researchers to look at patterns of gene expression in different cell types, and to understand the interplay among neurons and neural circuits, says Dan Arking.

Spectrum

Postmortem brains crucial for autism research

By Dan Arking, Andrew West

4 September 2012 | 6 min read

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