Electrically stimulating a particular circuit in the brain shows promise for reversing symptoms of Rett syndrome, a disorder that shares features with autism.

Researchers have established a battery of robust rodent assays to screen treatments for Rett syndrome.

Overcoming profound technical challenges, researchers may be well on their way to making a troop of monkey models for studying autism and related conditions

The same autism-linked mutation can lead to dramatically different behaviors in rats and mice.

A new government mandate requires researchers to include females in their animal studies — or explain why they don’t. What will this mean for autism research?

A new drug that targets a molecule involved in learning reverses some cognitive difficulties in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

A new study casts brain cells called astrocytes as minor stars in Rett syndrome, a disorder that almost exclusively affects girls.

Mice that lack the Rett gene in a subset of neurons that activate neural circuits develop tremor and anxiety-like behaviors, two characteristics of the syndrome.

Autism researchers are sharpening their statistical tools to make sense of the growing pool of autism genes.

These short reports from our reporter, Jessica Wright, give you the inside scoop on developments at the 2015 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting.