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Archive for the ‘Neurobiology’ Category

Microglial Activation and Increased Microglial Density Observed in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Autism.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Here is a study that will likely be discussed for a long time to come. There has been a lot of interest in the study by John’s Hopkins researchers (Pardo, et al.) on microglial activity in the brains of autopsied autistics. A paper just released by Prof. Pardo together with Prof. Courchesne at UCSD shows [...]

John’s Hopkins FAQs: The meaning of neuroinflammatory findings in autism

Monday, November 30th, 2009

In their recent series on autism the Chicago Tribune exposed how a Johns Hopkins team’s findings of neuroinflammation have been misused to justify unproven autism treatments. The Tribune included very short piece, Researchers warn against misusing report. The piece includes a link with some very valuable information, but it is unfortunately somewhat obscure. The web [...]

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