Decades-old collection of monkey brain tissue goes virtual
A new free online library contains a vast assortment of digitized macaque brain slides.
Society for Neuroscience 2019
A new free online library contains a vast assortment of digitized macaque brain slides.
A tiny chunk of the brain’s emotion enter, the amygdala, is enlarged in some autistic children; the larger this piece, the more anxious and depressed the child is likely to be.
Researchers have created an animated monkey avatar that makes realistic facial expressions — and that may yield insight into how autistic people interpret facial expressions.
Drug after drug has failed in clinical trials for fragile X syndrome. A new study provides an explanation — a decrease in the drugs’ effectiveness over time — and points to a new strategy that could circumvent this problem.
A method that visualizes nascent and migrating neurons in the mouse brain may shed light on brain development in autistic people.
Researchers have created a suite of digital tools that break complex mouse behaviors into discrete parts and link them to the animals’ brain activity.
Deleting an autism gene called TRIO derails neurons’ journey to their destination.
Playing games designed to hone the ability to intuit others’ thoughts and feelings increases activity in regions of the social brain.
Exposure to infection in utero may speed up the expression of many genes linked to autism — and hasten changes in brain anatomy.
A new autism mouse model carries the same mutation in a gene called ADNP that is seen in autistic people.