r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 08 '25
Neuroscience Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism.
https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20250207_1/index.html
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u/ThanklessTask Feb 09 '25
Being reincarnated as an autistic lab mouse.
Now that would say a lot about how you lived your previous life.