Scientists Home in on Autism Candidate Gene’s Role in Brain

Submitted by djohnson on November 29, 2012 - 12:20
Source: 
SFARI
Link: 
http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/news/2012/scientists-home-in-on-autism-candidate-gene-role-in-brain
Date Published: 
November 26, 2012
Abstract: 

Four new studies of neuroligin-1 (NLGN1), a gene linked to autism, unravel its complex role in regulating synapses, the connections between neurons.