UNC-School of Medicine: Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems
December 20, 2023
December 20, 2023
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release:
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Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD, both in the UNC School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid, have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism later in life.
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Dea Garic, PhD, and Mark Shen, PhD, both in the UNC School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, have found that enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of babies, caused by an accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid, have a 2.2 times greater chance of developing autism later in life.
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