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Researchers discover a potential cause for autism

August 28, 2013

In a paper published in Nature, a team led by Mark Zylka found that key enzymes have a ‘profound effect’ across dozens of genes linked to autism. The insight could help illuminate environmental factors behind autism spectrum disorder and contribute to a unified theory of how the disorder develops.

Garret Stuber receives grant from the Klarman Family Foundation

June 10, 2013

Garret Stuber received a 2 year, $400,000 award from the Klarman Family Foundation to study “limbic neural circuits that regulate binge eating”. In the proposed experiments the Stuber lab will investigate the functional connectivity between the extended amygdala and the lateral hypothalamus to determine how genetically defined cell types within these regions can promote or … Read more