Anxiety drives amygdala differences in autistic youth - Spectrum

Regions of the brain’s fear center expand in autistic children and teenagers with anxiety, but not in their autistic or non-autistic peers without anxiety.

Regions of the amygdala are enlarged in autistic children and teenagers with anxiety, but not in their autistic or non-autistic peers without anxiety, a new study finds. The structure which consists… [+5741 chars]

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