Why it’s time to spin autism genes into drug screens
Autism researchers’ top priority should be shifting their focus to finding treatments for severe forms of the condition.
Autism researchers’ top priority should be shifting their focus to finding treatments for severe forms of the condition.
RNA segments that control when and where genes are expressed may be involved in autism.
Pups born to pregnant mice infected with a mock virus are known to show changes in their immune system. These effects may in turn impair proper brain signaling, according to results presented Saturday at the 2013 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego.
Spectrum’s team reported about 50 stories at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. One big theme this year: how autism relates to bigger questions in neuroscience.
Children with autism may have increased blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, a protein that spurs the formation of neuronal connections.
Spectrum’s team reported about 50 stories at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. One big theme this year: how autism relates to bigger questions in neuroscience.
A new imaging technique allows researchers to illuminate the junctions between neurons in a living person’s brain.
Once thought merely to be specialized immune system cells, microglia now appear to be master landscapers of the developing brain.
Scientists have discovered a new way that microglia, the immune cells of the brain, can sculpt brain circuits.
Beth Stevens is unmasking new roles for microglia, the mysterious brain cells that seem to shape brain circuits.