The director of the Center for Neural Science shares a ghost story and talks about his collaboration with Todd Sacktor.

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 29 January.

The protein products of ANK2 and SCN2A interact to regulate dendritic excitability.

Efforts to define “frank” or “classic” forms of the condition build on several assumptions that the science has not yet borne out.

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 22 January.

Random fluctuations in neuronal activity are more variable in a fragile X mouse model than in wildtype mice.

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 15 January.

Male pups born to mothers treated with immune-stimulating molecules show autism-like behaviors and, unlike wildtype animals, do not lose memories formed during early life.

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 8 January.

Handheld devices promise to bring autism detection home, but many researchers urge caution.