Emerging tools and techniques that may advance autism research.
A new tool could help decipher the brain circuits underlying aversion to social touch, which is common in people with autism.
The new devices, which monitor neural activity from within blood vessels, show long-term stability in rats and could one day deliver electrical stimulation.
Over one hour, a particularly motivated mouse poked its nose 350 times into a hole in the test chamber in the hopes of meeting a playmate.
The map, by far the largest one of an entire brain to date, contains 130,000 neurons and 53 million synapses.
The tool could help researchers study the neurobiology of natural behaviors, scientists say.
The newfound DNA-cutting enzyme, called Fanzor, can be programmed to edit the human genome and could prove easier to deliver to cells than current CRISPR tools.
A new resource gives an unparalleled look at how fetal placental cells attach to the uterine wall and remodel maternal blood vessels to access nutrients.
When combined with tissue-inflation methods, the microscope can image axons without the need for tissue slicing, the researchers say.
The framework, inspired by the polygenic risk score, considers the cumulative effect of neuronal connections.
The gene-editing advances make it easier to target specific tissues in mice and detect off-target effects.
The approach provides an “off-the-shelf” way for researchers to compare oxytocin function across species, the team says.
