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/bigasssuperstar Feb 09 '25

That's not true. Are you saying you've lost track of what autism is?

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u/Quinlov Feb 09 '25

I'm saying that people have taken to describing pretty much everything as autism

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u/bigasssuperstar Feb 09 '25

Yes, and that's not true.

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u/Quinlov Feb 09 '25

Sorry I forgot you are the person who decides what is and is not true