«We have discovered a small molecule compound that shows a profound and prolonged effect on
autism - like social deficits
without obvious side effects, while many currently used compounds for treating a variety of psychiatric diseases have failed to exhibit the therapeutic efficacy for this core symptom of
autism,» said Zhen Yan, PhD, professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the Jacobs
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, and senior author on the paper.