Tatiana Ferreira de Almeida

Sexual dimorphism in fetal brain gene co-expression networks as a possible etiological factor of sex-biased autism prevalence

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects more males than females in an approximate ratio of 4:1, yet the biological bases of this imbalance remain unclear. Here, we explored the hypothesis that part of the male-biased vulnerability could arise from sex-specific baseline organizatio...