Lithium may treat behavior linked to autism gene
The mood-stabilizing drug lithium seems to ease repetitive behaviors seen in mice missing SHANK3, an autism gene.
The mood-stabilizing drug lithium seems to ease repetitive behaviors seen in mice missing SHANK3, an autism gene.
A custom-built machine can scan the brains of awake mice and may improve our understanding of conditions such as autism.
Electronic neurons made from silicon mimic brain cells and could be used to treat conditions such as autism.
The branch of the nervous system that regulates subconscious bodily processes such as breathing and digestion may play a key role in autism.
Studies of the brain’s sensory system may provide unique insight into the brain mechanisms that underlie autism and could point to possible treatments.
Autistic people have long maintained that repetitive behaviors are beneficial. Emerging evidence in support of this idea is shaping new therapies.
A new technique lets researchers watch brain circuits as they’re being built, starting from the individual neurons birth.
A new resource that traces individual neurons in the mouse brain may reveal how distant brain regions communicate.
Researchers unveiled a reversible new technique for labeling active neurons in freely moving animals.
A new imaging technique detects specific groups of firing neurons in the brains of moving mice, enabling scientists to study brain activity linked to a particular behavior.