Spectrum (Autism Research News) @Spectrum
Spectrum from The Transmitter. Forging collaborations that deepen our understanding of autism. Subscribe to the newsletter: https://t.co/k76odTz6ae thetransmitter.org/spectrum New York, NY Joined April 2011-
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Watch our conversation with the chair of the U.S. federal autism committee to learn more about her views on autism and priorities for research. thetransmitter.org/spectrum/sylvi…
Is sensory over-responsivity universally associated with all psychiatric conditions or linked to specific diagnoses? A study suggests autism and anxiety may be uniquely tied to this trait. @DianaMKwon thetransmitter.org/spectrum/senso…
300 early-career neuroscientists commented on the future of the field in a new survey led by @neuromatch and @_TheTransmitter. By @paigeemiranda thetransmitter.org/science-and-so…
Replacing the mouse cortex with human-derived brain organoids could offer a new way to study how circuits form and conditions such as autism. By @Brabbott42 thetransmitter.org/spectrum/human…
A gene’s position inside the nucleus may help determine whether it stays silent or switches on during brain development, new research suggests. By @GiorgiaWithAnI thetransmitter.org/spectrum/nucle…
Experience-dependent interneuron plasticity may represent a convergent circuit mechanism for these neurodevelopmental risk genes that reflects a shared genetic architecture, a new study suggests. By @claulopezneuro thetransmitter.org/spectrum/loss-…
The brain’s sensorimotor-association axis may emerge as a result of competing sets of genetic blueprints—a dynamic process described in a paper published this month. By Holly Barker thetransmitter.org/spectrum/corti…
The DSM-5 definition of autism classifies sensory traits as part of restricted and repetitive behaviors. That doesn’t seem to fit the data, a new study finds. By @laschenk thetransmitter.org/spectrum/study…
In the final chapter of “When autistic kids grow up,” a new U.S. government grant suggests rising awareness around the need to study the lives of autistic adults, and autistic researcher Tempest McDonald takes stock of her life after academia. Listen now: thetransmitter.org/when-autistic-…
Data from families in Africa have helped uncover emerging, novel links between more than 30 genes and neurodevelopmental conditions, according to new findings from the NeuroDev study. By @Brabbott42 thetransmitter.org/spectrum/neuro…
NEW! Explore @_TheTransmitter’s newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages. Find your next funding source and apply, all in one place: thetransmitter.org/neuroscience-g…
With just a high school equivalency degree and struggling as a single mother, Tempest McDonald is forced to shift her priorities. Chapter 2 of "When autistic kids grow up" is out now: thetransmitter.org/when-autistic-…
Small deletions in an X-linked RNA are associated with autism in boys and alter social behavior in male mice, without affecting learning and memory, a new study reports. By @GiorgiaWithAnI thetransmitter.org/spectrum/nonco…
Across the brain, neurons repeatedly reuse the same pair of adhesion molecules to assemble distinct neural circuits, according to three new studies. By @holly_barker92 thetransmitter.org/spectrum/push-…
“When autistic kids grow up” is a five-part podcast exploring how Tempest McDonald’s lived experience fueled her research, and how she stumbled onto a problem with autism funding. Explore Chapter 1, out now, wherever you get your podcasts: thetransmitter.org/when-autistic-…
A systematic review into the validity of the rapid prompting method and spelling to communicate comes up empty. By @bborrell thetransmitter.org/spectrum/still…
“This year, we really wanted to bring back the interdisciplinary nature of [INSAR].” – Christine Wu Nordahl. By @DianaMKwon thetransmitter.org/spectrum/bring…
“I cried for all the years that our family and others have waited … for the sheer joy that soon some children may have options that many families were told would never come.” – @alisonsinger, president of the @AutismScienceFd thetransmitter.org/spectrum/advan…
The IACC pushed forward three policy proposals centered on profound autism, challenging medical comorbidities and the dangers of wandering and elopement, but did not develop or update the strategic plan for autism research. By @DaisyYuhas thetransmitter.org/spectrum/sligh…
For Alison Singer, president of the Autism Science Foundation, advances treatments for rare gene variants—discussed at this year’s INSAR meeting—bring hope to families whose children have a genetic form of autism, and to those with idiopathic autism. thetransmitter.org/spectrum/advan…
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