Medill News Service - Genetic Link Provides Another Clue in Autism Mystery

Faculty in the Media

Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology, was interviewed by Medill News Service about his recently published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a genetic developmental disorder that causes behavioral diseases such as autism.

Pharmacology & Physiology
Autism

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