Geschwind Daniel H
Neurogenetics Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Cell. 2008 Oct 31;135(3):391-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.10.016.
Autism is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental syndrome with a complex genetic etiology. It is still not clear whether autism comprises a vast collection of different disorders akin to intellectual disability or a few disorders sharing common aberrant pathways. Unifying principles among cases of autism are likely to be at the level of brain circuitry in addition to molecular pathways.
自闭症是一种具有复杂遗传病因的异质性神经发育综合征。目前尚不清楚自闭症是包含大量类似于智力障碍的不同疾病,还是少数具有共同异常通路的疾病。除了分子通路外,自闭症病例之间的统一原则可能存在于脑回路层面。