The Ballooning Brain: Defective Genes May Explain Uncontrolled Brain Growth in Autism

As a baby grows inside the womb, its brain does not simply expand like a dehydrated sponge dropped in water. Early brain development is an elaborate procession. Every minute some 250,000 neurons bloom, squirming past one another like so many schoolchildren rushing to their seats at the sound of the bell

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The Ballooning Brain: Defective Genes May Explain Uncontrolled Brain Growth in Autism