To eat, or not to eat, that is the question: Neural stem cells escape phagocytosis in autism with macrocephaly

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder that is thought to emerge very early in development. Cerebral overgrowth, which is clinically referred to as macrocephaly, is frequently observed in children with ASD, and brain imaging studies have reported increases in both gray- and white-matter volume (1⇓⇓⇓⇓–6). Children with these early signs of brain enlargement have been shown to be part of an ASD group with...