The models recapitulate many key developmental processes, but some radial glial cells in mouse organoids make neurons earlier ...

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 21 September.

Kevin Mitchell talks with Huda Zoghbi about her work finding the MECP2 gene, dissecting the role it plays in the brain, and ...

Human cortical organoids transplanted into newborn mice integrate into the nervous system and form circuits that support ...

In a wide-ranging and provocative interview, the chair of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee shares her ...

Andrea Gambarotto shares what Hegel and enactivism have in common: an agency-first approach to understanding minds and brains ...

Meanwhile, researchers are publishing papers without “sufficient quality control,” says analytical chemist Dušan Materić.

The “Integrated BRAIN Circuits Program” offers around $1 million per year and requires “ a high level of coordination and sharing ” among teams of three to six investigato ...

A 2011 Nature study found that loss of a nicotinic receptor subunit leads to increased nicotine intake in mice.

Finding the Rett syndrome gene and ways to fix it Kevin Mitchell talks with Huda Zoghbi about her work identifying the MECP2 gene, its role in the brain and therapies to address its dysfunction.

Dr. Kaiser is an Associate Research Scientist in the Yale Child Study Center. She earned her doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology at Rutgers University and completed her postdoctoral training in ...