Patterns of activity in certain brain regions may predict how well a child with autism will respond to a behavioral therapy.

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.

Mice with an extra copy of the autism risk gene UBE3A have cognitive deficits and anxiety, but do not show any core features of the condition.

Lowering the levels of OTX2, a protein found in the fluid that bathes the brain, prevents many abnormal behaviors in mouse models of Rett syndrome.

Gene expression in so-called ‘organoids’ resembles the pattern seen in the first few weeks of a developing brain.

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

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.

The brains of people with autism contain unusual amounts of short regulatory RNAs.

Researchers have charted the human cerebral cortex in unprecedented detail, adding to what is known about the brain’s bumpy outer layer.

Researchers have charted gene expression in the brains of rhesus macaques from before birth into adulthood.