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Participation Assignment 2
Please identify an article published anytime in 2020 or 2021 that is relevant to this week’s course content: Neurodevelopmental disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Participation Assignment 2 Answer
Siddiqui, M.F., Elwell, C., & Johnson, M. H. (2016). Mitochondrial dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders. Autism Open Access 6(5). doi: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000190.
The article states that there is a direct connection between mitochondrial dysfunctions and autism spectrum disorders or ASD. I have learned that people with ASD have decreased activity of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) as well as reduced gene expressions of the mitochondria.