The Developmental Neurobiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Editor’s Note: Two reviews in this week’s issue examine the rapidly expanding interest in autism research in the neuroscience community. Moldin et al. provide a brief prospective on the overall state of research in autism. DiCicco-Bloom and colleagues summarize their presentations at the

• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2006-06-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1712-06.2006PMID 16807320PMCID PMC6673916
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