Excessive Folic Acid Supplementation: A Cause for Autism Spectrum Disorders?

• By: Mohammed Junaid, PhD New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities
• January 1st, 2012
• environmental factors, epigenetics, folic acid, gene expression, genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, prenatal development, research, science, supplements
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of phenotypically heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disabilities characterized by impairments in three core functional domains: reciprocal social interactions, verbal communication and stereotyped, repetitive patterns of behaviors. The ASDs are...