Chromosome 16 deletion miswires brain in people, mice
Mice and people missing a copy of a chromosomal region called 16p11.2 show similar patterns of weak brain connections.
Mice and people missing a copy of a chromosomal region called 16p11.2 show similar patterns of weak brain connections.
The brains of men with autism may have a mosaic of features from both genders.
The drug mavoglurant has no effect on a brain circuit involved in social behavior in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. That may explain its poor performance in people with the condition.
Differences in sleep and circadian rhythm may distort the results of autism studies.
A different set of genes regulates brain activity in people with autism than the set involved in controls.
People with autism show frequent swings in synchronized activity between brain regions, a finding that could explain inconsistencies across studies.
Researchers have uncovered 38 genes, including 9 autism candidates, that may fine-tune brain activity.
Watch the complete replay of Randy Buckner’s webinar discussing ‘daydreaming’ brain circuitry and what it might reveal about autism.
A new study may have solved a decade-old debate about whether the brains of people with autism are more or less connected than those of controls: They’re both, depending on where in the brain you look.
Researchers measure how brain networks work together by scanning volunteers’ brains either while they’re resting passively or while they’re engaged in a task. A study published 2 July in Neuron argues that the networks activated in these two scenarios are more similar than previously thought.