Gordon Fishell
Professor
New York University Medical Center
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A case for the importance of interneurons in autism
The etiology of autism may be best understood as an impairment of neuronal circuits, specifically interneurons that dampen signals in the brain, says neuroscientist Gordon Fishell.

A case for the importance of interneurons in autism
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