ST. Antoine Louveau, PhD, discusses dural lymphatic refinement and social behavior in autism model
New research published in the journal Neuron identified a previously unrecognized developmental process involving the meningeal lymphatic system and its potential role in social behavior abnormalities associated with autism spectrum disorder. Investigators found that macrophages help refine the dural lymphatic vasculature during postnatal development through coordinated cell death and phagocytosis pathways. In a BTBR mouse…
