Scientists reverse a sensory impairment in mice with autism

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 09:00 in Biology & Nature

Using a genetic technique that allows certain neurons in the brain to be switched on or off, UCLA scientists reversed a sensory impairment in mice with symptoms of autism, enabling them to learn a sensory task as quickly as healthy mice. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Neuroscience, offer an intriguing glimpse of a […]

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