Pratik Mukherjee
Professor
University of California, San Francisco
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Tracking neurons’ long projections to unravel autism
Many brain imaging studies of autism focus on neurons’ connections or activity, but examining neuronal tracts across the brain is equally informative, say Julia Owen and Pratik Mukherjee.
Tracking neurons’ long projections to unravel autism
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