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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 29, 2016·4 min read

Alcohol Shown to Act in Same Way as Rapid Antidepressants

Researchers report alcohol produces the same neural and molecular changes as drugs that have proven to be rapidly effective antidepressants.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 30, 2019·6 min read

Critical New Clues About What Goes Awry in the Brains of Those with ASD

Researchers report alterations in RNA editing play a vital role in autism spectrum disorder.

Autism Featured Genetics

·May 10, 2012·2 min read

Evolution’s Gift May Also Be at the Root of a Form of Autism

A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in...

Autism Featured Genetics

·February 16, 2018·5 min read

Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Researchers have derived purkinje cells from patients with TSC, a genetic syndrome that includes some ASD-like symptoms. The cells, researchers say, have several characteristics that could help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 29, 2020·5 min read

Link between autism and cognitive impairment discovered

Study identifies a short gene segment crucial for brain development and information processing. The absence of the gene segment induces altered social behaviors, learning difficulties, and memory deficits, which are hallmarks of a subset of ASD.

Featured Genetics

·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Neural Stem Cells Serve as RNA Highways Too

Researchers observe molecules moving along the length of neural stem cells.

This is a diagram represents the Silencing of the FMR1 gene in Fragile X syndrome. FMR1 co-localizes with a rare fragile site, visible here as a gap on the long arms of the X chromosome.

Featured Genetics

·January 16, 2015·5 min read

New Genetic Clues Found in Fragile X Syndrome

A new study provides additional insight into fragile X syndrome.

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Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·December 13, 2021·5 min read

New Hope for People Living With a Genetic Cause of Autism

Gene editing may provide hope for the treatment of Fragile X, the leading genetic cause of autism.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·September 29, 2017·5 min read

New Role for Fragile X Protein Could Offer Clues for Treatment

A pre-clinical mouse study may provide an exciting new step toward developing new treatment approaches for Fragile X.

Autism Featured Genetics Psychology

·November 3, 2017·4 min read

Potential New Treatment for Fragile X Targets One Gene To Affect Many

According to researchers, treatment that target chromatin remodelers may provide new avenues of treatment for Fragile X Syndrome and other autism spectrum disorders.