Recent research has linked autism with a lack of pruning in developing brain connections, but a new Dartmouth study suggests instead it is the excessive growth of new connections that causes sensory overload in people with the disorder.  The results, which have broad implications for understanding the neurobiological basis of autism spectrum disorders, appear inThe Journal of Neuroscience. The team state that they have been … Continue reading Researchers begin to map the epigenetic methylation of excessive brain connections in Autism.