Language Gene Linked to Interneuron Growth

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A gene tied to autism and language impairment is crucial for the early development and migration of inhibitory interneurons — cells that dampen the storm of electrical signals produced by the brain's excitatory cells — according to research presented Monday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago.Read more at...SFARI, October 2009.

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