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An autism-associated serotonin transporter variant disrupts multisensory processing.
Translational psychiatry - 21 Mar 2017
Siemann J K, Muller C L, Forsberg C G, Blakely R D, Veenstra-VanderWeele J, Wallace M T
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Altered sensory processing is observed in many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with growing evidence that these impairments extend to the integration of information across the different senses (that is, multisensory function). The serotonin system has an important role in sensory development and function, and alterations of serotonergic signaling have been suggested to have a role in ASD. A...
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