The Brain

Associated primarily with its role in movement, the striatum may also influence the social difficulties of autistic people.

Autism researchers who use brain scans may not be accounting for the head motion caused by study participants’ breathing.

A new wiring diagram of the fruit fly brain is the most complex ever created.

An online map of the marmoset brain may enable researchers to better understand how neuronal connections function.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 27 January.

The long fibers of neurons in the brains of young children with autism are structured differently from those of their neurotypical peers — and from those of older children with the condition.

Bioengineers and neuroanatomists have collaborated to create a holographic representation of how information travels in the brain.

A new analysis hints at the source of the rampant inconsistency among brain imaging studies in autism: significant differences among study sites.

A new map of the fetal brain during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy reveals the brain’s complex network of connections.

Researchers have monitored the active genome in brain organoids over the course of nearly two years — and may find clues to autism’s roots.