Batch of neurons may be key to treatment
(NEWSER) - Mulling over the evidence that the symptoms of autistic children recede during a fever—long reported by parents and confirmed by a study 2 years ago—two New York doctors had a “eureka moment,” seeing that link as a clue to treating the condition, Time reports. The same cluster of neurons in the brain stem, called the locus coeruleus, that controls fever also regulates a neurotransmitter that triggers arousal or alarm, as well as the kind of attention to environmental clues that kids with autism lack. More»
