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Dr Chakravarty publishes important study on autism in journal Molecular Psychiatry

Published: 10 May 2019

A step toward better understanding brain anatomy of autism spectrum disorder.

Study could lead to development of personalized biomarkers and treatment

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often lumped into a single catch-all group, despite significant differences in symptom profile and severity. Further muddying the waters when trying to understand and treat ASD, many previous studies show significant variability in findings.

A new study, led by researchers at º«¹úÂãÎè’s Faculty of Medicine and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, set out to settle some of the discrepancies related to brain anatomy and ASD, employing a large dataset to obtain their findings. Their results were published recently in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Read the article in Med e-News .

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