A key brain difference linked to autism has been found for the first time in living people.
Using a sophisticated imaging technology, Yale School of Medicine researchers found that the brains of autistic adults have fewer synapses — crucial junctions between nerve cells and other cells — than the brains of neurotypical individuals: bit.ly/3NK9gGQ Yale.
Autistic brains have fewer synapses compared to neurotypical brains, PET scans show.