BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 14 -- Indiana University issued the following news release: Cathy Pratt, board chair of the Autism Society and director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism at Indiana University Bloomington, recently attended a meeting hosted by the White House to discuss the Obama Administration's efforts on autism research and to express support of families and individuals affected by autism. The meeting took place April 2, in conjunction with World Autism Awareness Day and  more

BOSTON, April 14 -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news release: How does the brain work? This question is one of the greatest scientific mysteries, and neurobiologists have only recently begun to piece together the molecular building blocks that enable human beings to be "thinking" animals. One fundamental property of the mammalian brain is that it continues to develop after birth, and one of the biggest drivers of the formation of new links between neurons is experience. Eve  more