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Autism-Related Proteins Control Nerve Excitability, Researchers Find

Caption: A research team that included (from left) Drs. Jay Gibson, associate professor of neuroscience, Ege Kavalali, associate professor of neuroscience and physiology, and Thomas Südhof, chairman of neuroscience, has discovered that two proteins implicated in autism control the strength and balance of nerve-cell connections.

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