Habenula and Autism By Kelly Jean Sullivan

Which chromosome is called autism?

An alteration in that sequence changes how your body and mind are built, which may lead to autism. Specifically, 39 percent of the people with autism in the study had a change in one of the two copies of the HOXA1 gene, which is located on Chromosome 7

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A new study suggests that a small b.

The habenula is a pea-sized structure located near the thalamus. This structure, Jürgen Germann and colleagues say, “has been identified as the central structure modulating the reward value of social interactions, behavioral adaptation, sensory integration, and circadian rhythm.” All of these,

 “Involvement of the habenula in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder,” Jürgen Germann, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Helena Brentani, Saashi A. Bedford, Stephanie Tullo, M. Mallar Chakravarty, and Gabriel A. Devenyi, Nature Scientific Reports, October 27, 2021

 the“Involvement of the habenula in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder,” Jürgen Germann, Flavia Venetucci Gouveia, Helena Brentani, Saashi A. Bedford, Stephanie Tullo, M. Mallar Chakravarty, and Gabriel A. Devenyi, Nature Scientific Reports, October 27, 2021y note, are altered in ASD