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Recent studies affirm that autistics have more neurons than typical people.
Hickss August 30th
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On average, autistic children have 67% more neurons than other children in the prefrontal cortex. This region of the brain is linked to social, emotional, communicative and cognitive development. But is affected due to autism.

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QuietMagic September 1st
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@Hickss

Hey, thanks for the interesting info. I think I found the research you mentioned (Courchesne, 2011).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22068992/

It seems like recently researchers have been finding that the brains of people with ASD are different in terms of the number of neural connections they have, and there are some genes that can cause this to happen.
https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/in-autism-too-many-brain-connections-may-be-at-root-of-condition/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843767/
https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2022/11/autism-linked-gene-shapes-nerve-connections

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