Developmental delay in brain provides clue to sensory hypersensitivity in autism

Developmental delay in brain provides clue to sensory hypersensitivity in autism  
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/cp-ddi020510.php
 
"New research provides insight into why fragile X syndrome, the most common known cause of autism and mental retardation, is associated with an extreme hypersensitivity to sounds, touch, smells, and visual stimuli that causes sensory overload and results in social withdrawal, hyperarousal, and anxiety. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 11 issue of the journal Neuron, uncovers a previously unknown developmental delay in a critical brain circuit that processes sensory information in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome."