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Biomarkers for autism, and more
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (183+ words) The Transmitter Biomarkers for autism, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 August. Measure up: A new paper details findings and considers the nuances inherent to the efforts…...
Nuclear locale sways gene activity during brain development
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (475+ words) A study of developing human brain tissue suggests that genes switch on more strongly when they move from the nucleus’s edge toward structures that contain proteins involved in making and processing RNA. As neural stem cells mature into neurons, developmental…...
Brainstem neurons add new element to ‘already complex’ anxiety circuitry
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (387+ words) Precise optogenetic modulation of a medullary neuron population reveals their role in anxiety-like behaviors. Sound the alarm! Activating a subset of neurons in the medulla promotes anxiety in mice, a study published in Neuron finds. Anxiety is typically thought of…...
Links between tuberous sclerosis complex and autism, and more
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (173+ words) The Transmitter Links between tuberous sclerosis complex and autism, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 17 August. Connected conditions: A new study describes developmental pathways from tuberous sclerosis…...
Neurodevelopmental conditions may share faulty plasticity | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
1+ week, 5+ day ago (531+ words) Restoring an experience-dependent interneuron plasticity gene in adulthood improves memory and cuts seizures in CNTNAP2 knockout mice, a new study shows. This overlap may be rooted in genetics, according to a new study published today in Nature. Many of the genes…...
Neuropsychiatric MRI brain signatures fail reproducibility test
1+ week, 6+ day ago (330+ words) Small neuroimaging studies are unlikely to capture consistent anatomical changes related to conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and mood disorders, according to a new “wake-up call” study. Individual structural MRI studies fail to identify reproducible brain signatures for autism and…...
Three models, three routes to altered auditory processing, and more
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (241+ words) The Transmitter Three models, three routes to altered auditory processing, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 August. Hear, hear: A comparison of brain activity in three genetic…...
Nanoparticles deliver gene-editing tools into Duchenne mice
2+ week, 6+ day ago (618+ words) The approach uses a protein found in fruit flies to ferry the gene editor Cas9 into muscle cells. Nanoparticles resembling viruses can carry gene-editing tools into muscle and help restore a critical protein in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy,…...
Using antisense oligos to plumb rare genetic conditions, and more
3+ week, 3+ day ago (201+ words) The Transmitter Using antisense oligos to plumb rare genetic conditions, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 August. Rare form: Two new studies use antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to…...
Federal advisory panel extends comment period, and more
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (201+ words) The Transmitter Federal advisory panel extends comment period, and more Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 July. Call for comment: On 20 July, the U.S. Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee released a…...