Mitochondria and Their Role in Autism Spectrum Disorders

• By: Suzanne Goh, MD, MBA Columbia University Medical Center
• April 1st, 2010
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have long been known to have a strong genetic basis. Until recently, the tendency for ASD to run in families was thought to be due solely to the passage of nuclear genes from parent to child. Now scientists are beginning to investigate whether mitochondrial genes...