Cerebellar Purkinje Cells are Reduced in a Subpopulation of Autistic Brains: A Stereological Experiment Using Calbindin-D28k

Elizabeth R. Whitney1, Thomas L. Kemper1, Margaret L. Bauman1,2, Douglas L. Rosene1, Gene J. Blatt1
1Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, L-1004, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
2 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

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