Genetics strongly influences some aspects of the monkey’s social behavior, including tendencies to solicit grooming and sit or play alone.

A new viral variant can deliver genes exclusively to the brain, overcoming a key hurdle in treating neurological conditions using gene therapy.

The work fills in gaps about how synapses change before and after birth — essential knowledge for understanding whether synapse development differs in autism.

On 20 September 2017, Hurricane Maria passed over Puerto Rico’s Cayo Santiago Island, home to more than 1,500 non-native rhesus macaques. After the storm, the monkeys formed new, unexpected relationships in ways that could offer clues about autism.

Researchers have created the most complete macaque reference genome to date and used it to catalog genetic variation among hundreds of monkeys.

Misaligned gene expression maps suggest that some autism-linked genes play distinct roles in mouse and human brains.

A new approach for delivering gene therapy to the brain reduces nerve damage in primates and could help make gene therapies for conditions related to autism safer.

A pair of tools that gauge social abilities in rhesus macaques may help researchers study autism-like behaviors in monkeys.

A new flexible electrode array can detect the activity of neurons in a rat’s brain at high resolution for more than a year.

A new, minimally invasive technique allows researchers to activate neurons in the brains of mice and monkeys by using a light source located outside of the head.