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Autistic brain has fewer neurons for processing emotion

int exactly why autistic brains have fewer neurons in the amygdala, she adds.

"We're in the very early stages of understanding autism and its neurological pathologies," says Amaral. "It's clearly a process with many steps, and at least we are now one step further."

Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by social and communication deficits. It affects as many as 1 in every 166 children, primarily males.


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