MIT: Mapping the Brain's Sensory Gatekeeper
July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
Many people with autism experience sensory hypersensitivity, attention deficits, and sleep disruption. One brain region that has been implicated in these symptoms is the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), which is believed to act as a gatekeeper for sensory information flowing to the cortex.
A team of researchers from MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ha . . .
Many people with autism experience sensory hypersensitivity, attention deficits, and sleep disruption. One brain region that has been implicated in these symptoms is the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), which is believed to act as a gatekeeper for sensory information flowing to the cortex.
A team of researchers from MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ha . . .