Two mouse models of autism have distinct patterns of brain connectivity that emerge at different times.

A new microscopy method allows researchers to track the firing patterns of many neurons in a monkey’s brain as it moves.

An imaging technique that lights up cells without involving fluorescent markers lets scientists see deep inside spheres of neurons.

The brain enlargement commonly seen in toddlers with autism may persist into adolescence and adulthood.

Mice that carry mutations linked to autism are less likely than controls to show size differences between right and left brain regions.

Spectrum’s team reported about 50 stories at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. One big theme this year: how autism relates to bigger questions in neuroscience.

By coaching mice to position themselves under a microscope, researchers can regularly peer into their brains without disrupting the rodents’ social life.

At the Mouse Imaging Centre in Toronto, Jacob Ellegood and Jason Lerch are taking on autism’s complexity by scanning the brain of every autism mouse model they can acquire.

Some say a focus on basic neuroscience is crushing clinical research, a gene database gets a big upgrade, and Autism Speaks revises its goals.

Watch the complete replay of Alysson Muotri, whose webinar focuses on how stem cell research can provide insight into human neurodevelopment and the social brain.