Treatments

Success in a small clinical trial of spinal muscular atrophy suggests gene therapy might treat single-gene conditions related to autism.

New evidence from both people and mice points to a part of the cerebellum that helps process social information as being critical in autism.

The hormones oxytocin and vasopressin promote social interactions in male monkeys but make female monkeys more aggressive than usual.

A trio of drugs eases repetitive behaviors in mice by activating a brain region involved in motor control.

A drug that selectively blocks one form of an enzyme called GSK-3 prevents seizures and improves cognitive deficits in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome.

A candidate drug in clinical trials for Huntington’s disease reverses gait problems in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.