Parallel social information processing circuits are differentially impacted in autism
Eastman M. Lewis, Genevieve Stein-O’Brien, Alejandra V. Patino, Romain Nardou, Cooper D. Grossman, Matthew P. Brown, Bidii Bangamwabo, Ndeye Ndiaye, Daniel Giovinazzo, Ian P. Dardani, Connie Jiang, Loyal A. Goff, Gül Dölen
The paper identifies that parvocellular oxytocin neurons are critical for autism-related social reward behavior and show enrichment of autism risk genes in these neurons.
Neuron · Oct 27, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience