#brainsize — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #brainsize, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Paywall. New Scientist
Why did humans evolve big brains? A new idea bodes ill for our future | New Scientist
#Brain
#BrainSize
#HominidBrains
#HumanBrains
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#BrainShrinkage
#Paleontology
#Archeology
#ModernHumans
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Zebrafish point to new gene involved in brain overgrowth, autism
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/zebrafish-point-to-new-gene-involved-in-brain-overgrowth-autism/
#denovomutations #macrocephaly #brainsize #zebrafish #autism #News -
Different forms of autism have opposite problems with brain precursor cells
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/different-forms-of-autism-have-opposite-problems-with-brain-precursor-cells/
#copynumbervariation #macrocephaly #brainsize #diagnosis #16p11.2 #autism #News -
Novel gene linked to brain size in autistic people
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/novel-gene-linked-to-brain-size-in-autistic-people/
#SimonsSimplexCollection #denovomutations #macrocephaly #brainsize #zebrafish #autism #News -
X chromosome exerts extra influence on brain development
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/x-chromosome-exerts-extra-influence-on-brain-development/
#commonvariants #geneexpression #brainimaging #theoryofmind #sequencing #brainsize #autism #cortex #News #GWAS #SNPs #MRI #sex -
Protein inhibitor normalizes neuronal migration in organoid model of autism
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/protein-inhibitor-normalizes-neuronal-migration-in-organoid-model-of-autism/
#copynumbervariation #brainsize #organoids #16p11.2 #autism #News -
Beyond the Bench: A conversation with Holly Stessman
https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/q-and-a/beyond-the-bench-a-conversation-with-holly-stessman/
#rarevariants #brainsize #organoids #genetics #autism #PTEN #QA