John Rubenstein

Professor
University of California, San Francisco

John Rubenstein is Nina Ireland distinguished professor in child psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

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Understanding contradictory connectivity reports in autism

By John Rubenstein, Vikaas Sohal
10 December 2013 | 5 min read

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