Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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As the most complex organ in the body, the brain develops over decades of life and in ways that developmental neurobiologists are still working to fully understand. In this episode, Washington University neurosurgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital chat with Dr. Azad Bonni, Edison Professor of Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University, about the process that begins in utero, including deviations which may be responsible for the spectrum of conditions classified as autism.

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