Mice with 'mohawks' help scientists link autism to 2 biological pathways in brain

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) 'Aha' moments are rare in medical research, scientists say. As rare, they add, as finding mice with Mohawk-like hairstyles. But both events happened in a lab at NYU Langone Medical Center, months after an international team of neuroscientists bred hundreds of mice with a suspect genetic mutation tied to autism spectrum disorders.