Assistant Professor Brittany Travers Secures RO1 Grant from NICHD to study “Brainstem Contributions to Sensorimotor and Core Symptoms in Children with ASD

The brainstem is a complex and early-developing brain region that is responsible for sensory, motor, autonomic, and critical-for-life functions. However, technological barriers have prevented researchers from being able to examine substructures of the brainstem with neuroimaging.  In this research, we …