Showing posts with label biomarker for autism. Show all posts
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Biomarker for Autism Discovered


Biomarker for Autism Discovered
Science Daily.com

 Siblings of people with autism show a similar pattern of brain activity to that seen in people with autism when looking at emotional facial expressions. Researchers at the University of Cambridge identified the reduced activity in a part of the brain associated with empathy and argue it may be a 'biomarker' for a familial risk of autism.