Participants video chatted and tweeted their way through the Society for Neuroscience’s three-day virtual conference this week.
Autistic children may have a harder time catching a ball than non-autistic children do, possibly because they are less able to predict its trajectory.
Children with autism may have a subtly different set of bacteria in their gut than their non-autistic siblings do.
Cells with excess UBE3A, an autism-linked protein, have atypical firing properties that can be corrected by limiting the protein's levels, according to new research.
Sleep disruption early in life has long-lasting consequences for mice missing a copy of the autism-linked gene SHANK3.
Five collaborations involving autistic scientists and experts are advancing autism research, from lending support for theories of the condition to shoring up trials of new treatments.
Two unpublished studies detail improved techniques for delivering gene therapies to the brain.
Sensory problems in people with fragile X syndrome may stem from hyperactive neurons, a mouse model study suggests.
Female mice missing a copy of the autism-linked gene MECP2 in a specific set of inhibitory neurons have a hard time heeding pups’ calls and herding litters.
Infusions of the hormone oxytocin may make mice that model autism more social by normalizing their brain activity patterns.
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