Do Autistic Children Have More Brain Cells?

In research reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, found that autistic children have about 67% more nerve cells than children without autism.

There’s growing evidence that the brains of autistic children are very different from the brains of other youngsters. Now a new study that found an excess of brain cells in children with autism comes closer to pinpointing the origins of the conditions: in utero versus in toddlerhood.

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Study: Autistic Children Have More Brain Cells