Family groups play key role in advancing autism research
Families need more support from researchers in order for their heroic efforts to be optimally effective.
Families need more support from researchers in order for their heroic efforts to be optimally effective.
Monkeys with a mutation in the Rett syndrome gene, MeCP2, have social difficulties and repetitive behaviors.
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Manipulating pathways that help silence the X chromosome may help treat Rett syndrome, a condition closely related to autism.
Mice have long been the mainstay of autism research, but a small group of scientists say rats are the superior choice. Rats are bigger, smarter, friendlier — and a lot more fun.
Removing the Rett syndrome gene, MeCP2, from distinct cells and brain regions reveals hidden features of the condition.
Conventional wisdom holds that people with autism don’t get hooked on alcohol or other drugs, but new evidence suggests otherwise.
Researchers have traced an unusual maternal behavior in female mice modeling Rett syndrome to a neural circuit that processes sound. They have also found a drug that reverses this behavior.
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Monkeys with multiple copies of the gene MeCP2 have irregular brain waves similar to those seen in some children with autism.