Within the 16p region of the genome, the two types of variants similarly decrease neuronal gene expression — an effect that may reflect their spatial relationship.

The model enables the study of autism-linked genes at the earliest stages of neural development.

A young researcher faces down the skeptics.

Psychiatric genomics promises to shed light on the genetic basis of autism, but it’s vital to include Africa in this research, Iyegbe and Okewole say.

The function of microglia and astrocytes in the brain may mediate the intersection of sex-differential biology and autism biology.

Using imaging methods to sort mouse models of autism may help identify subtypes of autistic people with similar underlying biology.

UBE3A, a key gene associated with both autism-linked conditions, can explain most — but not all — of the syndromes’ atypical neuronal properties.

New studies bolster the idea that zebrafish models can say something meaningful about social behavior in autism.

Zebrafish with mutations in 10 different autism-linked genes show a range of unique and shared phenotypes.

A range of presentations at Neuroscience 2022 tie atypical social behavior to trouble discriminating between odors in the animals.