SFN GC 2021
Highlights, missed opportunities: SfN by the tweets
Participants video chatted and tweeted their way through the Society for Neuroscience’s three-day virtual conference this week.
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SFN GC 2021
Organoids show how mutations in top autism gene may lead to brain overgrowth in people
The loss of CHD8, a top autism gene, speeds up the production of certain neurons and leads to overgrowth in spheres of cultured brain cells.
SFN GC 2021
Oxytocin alters brain activity to boost sociability in mice missing autism gene
Infusions of the hormone oxytocin may make mice that model autism more social by normalizing their brain activity patterns.
SFN GC 2021
Community newsletter: All about SfN Global Connectome
We dove into what people on social media thought about the SfN Global Connectome 2021 conference -- and its virtual format.
January 2021
SFN GC 2021
Autistic children may have trouble predicting movements
Autistic children may have a harder time catching a ball than non-autistic children do, possibly because they are less able to predict its trajectory.
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Study hints at microbiome differences in children with autism
Children with autism may have a subtly different set of bacteria in their gut than their non-autistic siblings do.
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Autism protein may shape neuronal firing patterns
Cells with excess UBE3A, an autism-linked protein, have atypical firing properties that can be corrected by limiting the protein’s levels, according to new research.
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Lost sleep sparks lasting social problems in SHANK3 mice
Sleep disruption early in life has long-lasting consequences for mice missing a copy of the autism-linked gene SHANK3.
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Inability to attend to cues may cause sensory challenges in fragile X mice
Sensory problems in people with fragile X syndrome may stem from hyperactive neurons, a mouse model study suggests.
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Malfunctioning neurons mute sound processing in mouse model of Rett syndrome
Female mice missing a copy of the autism-linked gene MECP2 in a specific set of inhibitory neurons have a hard time heeding pups’ calls and herding litters.
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New gene therapy methods deliver promise
Two unpublished studies detail improved techniques for delivering gene therapies to the brain.
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Brain-wave patterns flag sleep differences in dup15q syndrome
Children with dup15q syndrome may have telltale patterns of brain activity during sleep and get less non-REM sleep than neurotypical children do.
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Two top autism genes may have a mechanism in common
Mutations in two genes linked to autism and intellectual disability boost the immune response and cause synapse dysfunction.