The research community was abuzz this week with chatter about Nature’s new policy on registered reports, a 3D genome atlas of the cerebellum, and a study that measured brain activity in freely moving octopuses. The post Community Newsletter: Registered reports; cerebellum genome; octopus brain…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 27 February. The post Spotted around the web: Synaptic vesicle recycling; telehealth diagnoses; registered reports appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Mice and rats, for example, gravitate toward their mother’s bedding over bedding that is clean or smells of a different dam. The post Serotonin initiates earliest social bonds appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to make an approval decision on the first-ever drug for girls and women with Rett syndrome by 12 March. The post Debut drug for Rett syndrome at edge of approval appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Time is running out to expose this disreputable push for profit over care and change insurance, funding and training practices for the better. The post Private equity harms autism service market appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

This month’s newsletter takes a close look at the orphan drug program in the United States, several cannabis-based therapies and a secondary analysis of bumetanide, among other new developments in autism-related drug trials. The post Going on Trial: Orphan drugs; CBD; bumetanide appeared first…

The OTUD7A gene, which may account for some traits in people missing a segment of chromosome 15, appears to interact with several known autism-linked genes. The post Protein networks identified in autism-linked genetic deletion appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Researchers know little about the ways genetic variants affect development in the infant brain. Knickmeyer, who launched the Organization for Imaging Genomics in Infancy, has spent the past five years trying to close the gap. The post Mapping genetic influences on the infant brain: A chat with Rebec…

This week, researchers on Twitter discussed false results in gene expression studies, a wearable neuron-recording device, and paper-publishing requirements. The post Community Newsletter: Faulty enrichment analyses; wearable tool; peer-review backlog appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 February. The post Spotted around the web: The structural connectome; sleep genes; Australian guidelines appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The “It Takes All Kinds of Minds” conference draws neurodiversity researchers, clinicians and community members to Scotland, where they plan to discuss interdisciplinary, transdiagnostic work. The post Neurodiversity conference aims to link research, lived experience appeared first on Sp…

After a year of intense growth, funding for biotech is in decline. The result is layoffs and program cuts — and maybe some innovation. The post Biotech downturn hurts companies targeting autism-linked conditions appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The approach removes methyl tags from the gene and shields it from other silencing factors without changing the gene itself, raising hopes for a new treatment. The post Epigenome edits unmute MECP2 in Rett-like neurons appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The finding calls into question differences between autistic and non-autistic people on a decades-old theory-of-mind test involving interacting geometric shapes. The post People’s perceptions of ‘social’ animations don’t always square with researchers’ labels appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Rese…