He explains that the jumpiest part of the brain--of mouse and man--is the amygdala, a primitive, almond-shaped clump of tissue that sits just above the brainstem.
The body was then left at a local hospital with a certificate attributing death to "sudden brainstem compression.
Does autism start as a glitch in one area of the brain the brainstem, perhaps and then radiate out to affect others? Or is it a widespread problem that becomes more .