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A new method scans gene expression in live cells and could help scientists study autism genes.

A new technique lets researchers watch brain circuits as they’re being built, starting from the individual neurons birth.

A new resource that traces individual neurons in the mouse brain may reveal how distant brain regions communicate.

A new method uses mutations in DNA to maintain a detailed record of series of cellular events.

A new study supports the view that songbirds offer a good model to study speech learning in autistic children.

A novel implant that delivers complex combinations of drugs and light to mouse brains may uncover the pathways that underlie repetitive behaviors in autistic people.

A 3D model of a human embryo reveals the biological processes that unfold in early development.

New findings call into question a fundamental assumption about how genes are regulated.

An online resource reveals all major cell types in the developing human brain during the period in which autism is thought to arise.

Sleeping zebrafish show two patterns of neuronal activity that are analogous to those in people.