Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2011. Children with autism have more brain cells and heavier brains compared to typically developing children, according to researchers partly funded by the National Institutes of Health. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Nov. 9, 2011, the small, preliminary study provides direct evidence for possible prenatal causes of autism.
“Earlier studies of head circumference and early brain overgrowth have pointed us in this direction, but there have been…






