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Autistic people with rare mutation may have unique brain anatomy
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Brain structure of autistic people with deletions in the chromosomal region 22q11.2 differs from that of autistic people without the deletions.
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The Brain
Charting the structure and function of the brain’s many circuits may unravel autism’s mysteries.
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Software maps neurons to reference brain atlas
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A computer program aligns mouse brain images with a reference brain atlas, helping researchers analyze neurons and their connections in a standardized way.
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Autism genes may play key role in development of amygdala
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Nearly all genes with moderate to strong ties to autism are expressed in the developing amygdala; a few show altered expression in the amygdalae of autistic people.
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Infants’ brain waves may foretell autism traits
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Babies with telltale patterns of electrical activity in the brain have pronounced autism traits as toddlers.
July 2020
Opinion / Viewpoint
Losing sleep: How researchers miss a key contributor to autism
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Doctors and scientists should consider sleep problems an integral part of autism and begin to study them in more rigorous ways.
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Wireless optogenetics device reveals new role for ‘cuddle hormone’
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A new wireless device switches oxytocin-producing neurons on and off in mice as they interact, showing the hormone’s effects depend on social context.
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Amygdala, the brain’s threat detector, has broad roles in autism
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The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.
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Multimedia / Webinars
Webinar: Michelle Failla and David Moore on pain in autism
On 29 July, Michelle Failla and David Moore gave a webinar on pain in autism, which focused on sensations, emotions and behaviors.
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Sensory networks overconnected early in autism
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Autistic toddlers have unusually strong connections between sensory areas of the brain.
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June 2020
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Brain responses to social stimuli may vary by sex in autism
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Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.
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Features / Multimedia
How the cerebellum is linked to autism
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In this video, professors Sam Wang and Peter Tsai explain the role of the ‘little brain’ in cognition, social skills, emotion control and repetitive behaviors.
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Autism linked to sleep problems and brain changes in infancy
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Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.
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New atlas maps mouse brain in 3D
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A new high-resolution atlas provides the most detailed views of mouse brain structure to date.