Artificial intelligence system categorizes interactions between mice
New software can automatically identify and quantify mouse social behavior from videos, saving researchers time.
New software can automatically identify and quantify mouse social behavior from videos, saving researchers time.
Deleting a copy of the gene TBX1 depletes the fatty myelin insulation that surrounds neurons and reduces cognitive speed in mice.
A potential new gene therapy delivered via a single injection mimics ratios of proteins normally found in cells.
People with autism have more mutations than others do in both mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA that affects mitochondrial function.
Clues that problems with mitochondria contribute to autism have been accumulating for decades. In the past five years, a mutant mouse and a flurry of findings have energized the field.
An atypical thalamus may underlie not only sensory issues in autism but also difficulties with social skills, attention and memory.
The work fills in gaps about how synapses change before and after birth — essential knowledge for understanding whether synapse development differs in autism.
These short reports from Spectrum journalists highlight some of the autism-related findings that caught our attention at the meeting this past week.
Animal models of autism rooted in exposure to maternal antibodies hint at different mechanisms.
Dysfunctional circuits and a rogue sodium channel in the brainstem may explain the disordered breathing pattern seen in children with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a form of autism.