Medical Hypotheses
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Page 753, June 2009

Einstein’s brain: Gliogenesis in autism?

Department of Anatomy, Li Kai Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Received 21 January 2009; accepted 25 January 2009. published online 02 March 2009.

Summary 

The hypothesis is that the increased glia/neuron ratio in cortical areas of Einstein’s brain is the sign of autism disorder rather than the evidence that more glial cells make a genius.

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PII: S0306-9877(09)00071-1

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2009.01.023

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 72, Issue 6 , Page 753, June 2009

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