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YCSC researchers comment on recent study findings indicating that Autism spectrum disorder may be associated with an imbalance of excitatory neurons in the brain, which could have implications for future treatment options.

Every person is actually a mosaic of genomes, varying across the body and often within the same organ or tissue. Now, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a 5-year, $140 million project to map this universe of genomic diversity—and probe why it matters. Featuring YSM's Flora Vaccarino.

Research using three-dimensional replicas of the developing brain created in a lab dish is shedding new light on autism spectrum disorder.

Two distinct abnormalities that arise just weeks after the start of brain development have been associated with the emergence of autism spectrum disorder. The study was co-led by Alexandre Jourdon, Feinan Wu, and Jessica Mariani, all from the Kavli Institute affiliated lab of Flora Vaccarino at Yale School of Medicine.

Thirty-nine Yale Child Study Center community members were recognized this spring for long-term service to the University.

Through the genomic sands of time Archaic genomes provide insights into human brain evolution and disease