Toolbox

A software package identifies bundles of nerve fibers in brain-imaging data, revealing connections unique to people with autism.

A new trick involving a virus gives the CRISPR enzyme system the ability to edit the genome of a neuron more predictably than was previously possible.

A novel method allows researchers to rapidly generate stem-cell colonies with mutations linked to autism or other conditions.

A new ultrasound device provides high-resolution movies of blood flow through the brains of infants.

A simple method for growing spheres of brain cells yields more realistic replicas of the brain than traditional techniques do.

The numbers and types of neurons that dampen brain signals vary by brain region and sex.

Two new resources catalog how genetic variants affect gene expression in the brain.

A new database details the genetic mutations associated with Phelan-McDermid syndrome, along with the behavioral outcomes of people with those mutations.

A new method offers an efficient way to examine gene expression in individual cells from postmortem brains.

A new tool can track fish, flies or mice as they navigate a virtual environment and interact with other animal ‘avatars.’