The latest developments in autism research.
Work in fruit flies has helped Paul decode a neurodevelopmental syndrome in children caused by rare de novo variants in the gene PPFIA3.
The signal, called CD47, is disrupted in autistic people who have a larger-than-average head.
The function of microglia and astrocytes in the brain may mediate the intersection of sex-differential biology and autism biology.
Using imaging methods to sort mouse models of autism may help identify subtypes of autistic people with similar underlying biology.
Brain cell clusters serve as drug screens and reveal connectivity differences for autism-linked conditions, two new models show.
This week we’re highlighting the Twitter chatter from the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting, held in San Diego, California, last week.
Pagani used mouse models to connect autism etiologies to brain connectivity alterations and then found similar alterations in people with idiopathic forms of the condition.
New studies bolster the idea that zebrafish models can say something meaningful about social behavior in autism.
Zebrafish with mutations in 10 different autism-linked genes show a range of unique and shared phenotypes.
A range of presentations at Neuroscience 2022 tie atypical social behavior to trouble discriminating between odors in the animals.
The temporary easing of traits that a minority of autistic children are reported to show during or after a fever may stem from a rise in body temperature.
