A shift in astrocyte secretions may explain the atypical firing patterns of neurons derived from people with fragile X syndrome.

The retracted studies mar hope for the drug’s use in depression.

This week we’re highlighting social-media chatter from the INSAR 2023 meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.

Autistic children taking the drug showed improvements in some behaviors but not in their social skills.

A growing proportion of researchers has reached such “super principal investigator” status, but the distribution is not even across demographic groups.

Compared with their non-autistic peers, young autistic girls have a thicker cortex that thins more quickly with age.

The largest analysis of human samples to date, plus work in mice and zebrafish, detail the gene KMT5B’s role in brain development.

The Northeastern University psychology professor’s website offers a wealth of resources about how to navigate an academic career.

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research in Sweden’s capital — which starts Wednesday — plans to tackle friction over terminology and research priorities.

Researchers on PubPeer noted several autism papers with tortured phrases, and scientists on Twitter discussed new findings on inherited variation in developmental conditions, the link between atypical speech and self-harm, and autism prevalence.