The findings, detailed in a January preprint, suggest autism’s fundamental biology is the same regardless of ancestry. But questions remain.Source: Spectrum News

As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.Source: Spectrum News

U.S. National Institutes of Health-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.Source: Spectrum News

Large-scale genomics studies have failed to identify specific pathways that go awry in schizophrenia. Alternative approaches focusing on cellular, molecular and systems-level changes may be needed.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 17 February.Source: Spectrum News

Now is the time to decipher what makes the brain both flexible and dependable—and to apply those lessons to AI—before an unaligned agentic system wreaks havoc.Source: Spectrum News

Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.Source: Spectrum News

In their new book, published earlier this week, Giordano and Shook examine how ethics can guide neuroscience research and its real-world applications.Source: Spectrum News

The system’s code and training data—drawn from one of the largest databases of speech recordings from autistic people—are openly available.Source: Spectrum News

“It’s hard to know what’s real,” says neuroscientist Josh Dubnau after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals.Source: Spectrum News

From logical gates to grandmother cells, neuroscientists have employed many metaphors to explain single neuron function. Chklovskii makes the case that neurons are actually trying to control how their outputs affect the rest of the brain.Source: Spectrum News

Mice learn fastest and most reliably when they experience an increase in dopamine paired with an inhibition of serotonin in their nucleus accumbens, a new study shows, helping to resolve long-standing questions about the neuromodulators’ relationship.Source: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 February.Source: Spectrum News

Mounting evidence illustrates how peripheral molecules can influence brain function, offering new therapeutic targets.Source: Spectrum News