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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Missing protein may be key to autism

MIT Press Release Deborah Halber, News Office Correspondent December 5, 2007 A missing brain protein may be one of the culprits behind autism and other brain disorders, according to researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. The protein, called CASK, helps in the development of synapses, which neurons use to communicate with one [...]