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Sleep is a huge problem in ASD. But is it just “sleep” or can we get more specific? What role do genetics have? And does being autistic make sleep problems worse? Answers come from an unlikely source: mice! Learn more about recent scientific evidence tying sleep problems to ASDs and neurodevelopmental disorders. These include: type of sleep problems autistic people face, why they exist, where they come from, and how mouse models can help solve them.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639428/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.559694/full
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30737588/
https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-021-00426-w