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Enlarged amygdala may forecast anxiety, depression in autistic children


October 22, 2019

A tiny chunk of the brain’s emotion enter, the amygdala, is enlarged in some autistic children; the larger this piece, the more anxious and depressed the child is likely to be.

Read more at:
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/enlarged-amygdala-may-forecast-anxiety-depres…

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