Manuel Casanova

Professor
University of South Carolina

Manuel Casanova is professor of biomedical sciences and SmartState Endowed Chair in Translational Childhood Neurotherapeutics at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Greenville Health System.

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How the autonomic nervous system may govern anxiety in autism

By Emily Casanova, Manuel Casanova
14 January 2020 | 4 min read
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Analyzing postmortem brains for autism? Proceed with caution

By Manuel Casanova
5 March 2019 | 6 min read

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