Autism Research Database - Principal Investigator Project Details

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Role of the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus in ASD
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Manoach, Dara
Description Description	�This project aims to determine whether alterations in sleep spindles--bursts of oscillatory brain activity during sleep--can serve as a biomarker of changes in thalamocortical circuitry in ASD.
Funder Funder	Simons Foundation
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	0
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2018
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 2: What is the Biology Underlying ASD?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number	522175
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
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