The Brain

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.

The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.

Autistic toddlers have unusually strong connections between sensory areas of the brain.

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

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.

Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.

A new high-resolution atlas provides the most detailed views of mouse brain structure to date.

A new flexible electrode array can detect the activity of neurons in a rat’s brain at high resolution for more than a year.