Yes, Scientists Get Paid to Tickle Mouse Whiskers
I can just hear Sarah Palin now: “And sometimes taxpayer money goes to projects . . . where scientists get paid to tickle mouse whiskers. I kid you not!” As […]
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Our Latest Publication: Genetics studies indicate that neural induction and early neuronal maturation are disturbed in autism
Just this month we published our latest manuscript in the journal, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, titled, “Genetics studies indicate that neural induction and early neuronal maturation are disturbed in autism.” […]
Calcium Signaling in Neurodevelopment: Relevance to Autism, Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, & Bipolar
Calcium ions (Ca2+) are the most widely used signal transduction molecules in living organisms, ranging from prokaryotes to complex eukaryotes such as ourselves. Calcium levels must be tightly maintained within […]
SHANK3: Remembering the Synapse in Autism
I have to admit that, like most human beings, I can over-focus at times. On this blog, I’ve gone on and on about the embryonic origins of autism and how […]
The Bionic Cell: How Metal Ions Make the Cellular World Go Round
Metal ions. DNA just doesn’t work right without them. Or much of biology for that matter. Back in the 1980s, Graham Cairns-Smith postulated that, rather than nucleic acids forming the […]
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