The Genetics of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Joachim Hallmayer - Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Hallmayer is particularly interested in understanding how electrical activity and calcium signals control the development of the brain and how this is altered in children with autism spectrum disorders.
Research News
Scientists assemble working human forebrain circuits in a lab dish
April 26, 2017 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Bio-X affiliates Sergiu Pasca, John Huguenard, Joachim Hallmayer, Jonathan Bernstein, and Lars...
Newly identified molecular network in brain implicated in autism, researchers say
December 30, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Some cases of autism may be caused by a dysfunctional corpus callosum, resulting in poor...
Blood-oxytocin levels in normal range in children with autism, study finds
August 4, 2014 - Stanford Medicine News Center
Blood levels of oxytocin correlate with social performance regardless of whether children have...