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...cells in the limbic system of autistic individuals, Bauman's work shows, are atypically small and tightly packed together, compared with the cells in the limbic system of their normal counterparts. They look unusually immature, comments University of Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Edwin Cook, "as if waiting for a signal to grow...
These are the neuron-packed gray matter of the cerebral cortex and white matter, which contains the fibrous connections projecting to and from the cerebral cortex and other areas of the brain, including the cerebellum. Perhaps, Courchesne speculates, it is the signal overload caused by this proliferation of connections that injures the Purkinje cells and ultimately kills them. "So now," says Courchesne, "a very interesting question is, What's driving this abnormal brain growth? If we could understand that, then we might be able to slow or stop...
Flipping the left-turn signal on, Stith looked back...
...surprising intricacy of the plotting of The Salton Sea, the self-conscious care with which director D.J. Caruso has composed it and the passionate intensity of its actors all signal a serious effort to break out of its neo-noir roots. At a time when it is hard to remember a big studio film that aspired to anything beyond the top spot at the box office on opening weekend, this kind of ambition is not to be casually dismissed...
...initials steps require administrators from each school to acknowledge the value of cross-disciplinary work and to create an atmosphere conducive to such efforts. By focusing support on existing efforts at the faculty and student levels, and by highlighting the potential for new inter-school collaboration, the administration would signal its desire to cultivate interdisciplinary study...