Null and Noteworthy: An ineffective therapy and an effective biomarker
A March Nature paper created a stir for suggesting that many neuroimaging studies are too small to reliably link brain structure and function to
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Biases skew behavioral predictions from brain scans
An algorithm that crunches data from brain scans to predict people’s performance on behavioral tasks is less accurate for Black Americans than for
Altering metabolic pathway spurs neuronal, behavioral changes in mice
Mice with mutations that affect the transport of a key cellular metabolite have altered neuronal and synapse structure and some autism-like traits, a
Pandemic, politics temper INSAR’s in-person return
Controversial health policies in Texas and lingering concerns about COVID-19 have compelled some autism researchers to skip the annual meeting of the
Community Newsletter: Completed human genome, chromosome 16 convergence, avoiding ableism
Welcome to April and #AutismAcceptanceMonth. The cover of Science on Friday hailed a milestone years in the making: The Telomere-to-Telomere
Open-source algorithm automates common marble-burying assay
A new open-source algorithm stands to improve the reproducibility and depth of data collected from a marble-burying assay, which is commonly used to
Spectrum Launch: Postdoc salaries, tenure clocks and a writing hack
Hello, and welcome to Spectrum Launch — where we bring you conversations and resources important to early-career autism researchers. Today we’re
Unfamiliar surroundings bring out autism-like behaviors, brain circuit changes in model mice
Being in an unfamiliar environment prompts social avoidance and increases repetitive behaviors in mice with two mutated copies of the autism-linked
Spectrum Index: Rare genetic diagnoses, obesity odds, violence against children
Welcome to Spectrum Index, a monthly newsletter that distills data from noteworthy autism studies into a series of quick statistics. Let us know what
New MRI probe illuminates neuronal interactions
A new probe enables researchers to monitor interactions among select neurons across the brain, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
DNA tags in placenta point to possible autism-linked gene
A gene not previously linked to autism alters the expression of other genes associated with the condition, according to a new analysis of DNA in the
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Lisa Croen: Autism’s first dedicated epidemiologist
Lisa Croen’s career took a sharp left turn toward autism research about 30 years ago, when she was working as an epidemiologist at the California
Community Newsletter: Reconsidering rodent models, rethinking early interventions
Autism research tweets this week sounded multiple notes of caution — about mouse models, early interventions, genetic associations and leaky
Drug boosts growth of neurons deficient in autism-linked protein
Inhibiting an overactive protein complex restores typical growth to human neurons that express low levels of the autism-linked gene ASH1L, according
Neural network finds markers of autism, gender in brain scans
A deep-learning method can detect autism’s “fingerprints” on a brain scan and predict a person’s social-communication difficulties, according