Drug duo delivers brain, behavioral benefits for fragile X syndrome
Administering a cholesterol drug alongside an antibiotic eases atypical behavior and restores the signaling balance in the brains of people with fragile X syndrome.
Administering a cholesterol drug alongside an antibiotic eases atypical behavior and restores the signaling balance in the brains of people with fragile X syndrome.
Specialized neurons called chandelier cells, which dampen brain signals, make unusually few connections in the brains of people with autism.
Mice lacking one copy of a leading autism gene have hyperexcitable brains and problems with learning and memory.
In mice exposed to maternal inflammation in the womb, a key chemical messenger never makes the switch from exciting brain signals to inhibiting them.
New results from brain scans of adults with autism are at odds with the popular theory that the condition involves weak brakes on brain activity.
A new brain implant pumps chemical signals directly into a target region to ease seizure-like activity in mice.
A huge new research collaboration may jump-start the race to develop therapies for autism.
Researchers have repurposed the gene-editing tool CRISPR to dial down a gene’s activity in select subtypes of neurons in mice.
Neurons from people with autism may have an unusual pattern of chemical tags that turn genes on and off.
A widely used treatment for anxiety can eliminate some of the cognitive and social problems seen in mice missing a copy of ARID1B, a gene associated with autism.