'Mind-blowing' study upends conventional wisdom on oxytocin
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CRISPR-edited prairie voles that lack receptors for the so-called "social hormone" still bond with their mate and pups, raising questions about the molecule's role.
Both human and mouse progenitor cells with the alterations struggle to become neurons and instead express genes that are typically active only in muscle or the heart. The post Autism-linked MYT1L mutations prompt ‘identity crisis’ in budding brain cells appeared first on Spectrum | Autism...