Autism-Open Access

Autism-Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2165-7890

Review - (2015) Volume 5, Issue 2

Bridging the Gap between Genes and Behavior: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and the mTOR Pathway in Idiopathic Autism

Margaret Fahnestock* and Chiara Nicolini
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
*Corresponding Author: Margaret Fahnestock, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Tel: 1-905-525-9140, Fax: 1-905-522-8804 Email:

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