This week’s newsletter trails tweets about neuroscientists who study rodents or humans teaming up with those who study nonhuman primates, the expansion of interneurons networks in the human brain and new findings on the autism-linked gene DDX3X. The post Community Newsletter: Lab collaboration…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 27 June. The post Spotted around the web: Interpersonal synchrony, single-nucleotide polymorphisms, CRISPR at 10 appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The catalog could help researchers understand the effects of autism-linked DNA variants that fall outside genes. The post New resource maps gene expression, regulation in neuron subtypes appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Genetic factors could help explain why the ‘social hormone’ failed to benefit autistic people in a phase 3 clinical trial last year. The post DNA may hold clues to oxytocin levels in autistic people appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Doctors can prescribe it, but evidence that ketamine eases autism traits is still preliminary. The post Pinning hope to ketamine appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The inflammation associated with the disease, particularly in mothers, may contribute to autism traits in children. The post Autism linked to inflammatory bowel disease in parents appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Swiss biotech Stalicla hopes to bring precision medicine to autism. Experts praise efforts to identify autism subgroups, but evidence to support the company's claims has yet to be seen. The post Meet the company trying precision medicine for autism appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. …

A trill of tweets this week talk about perspective-taking during conversation, watching hands during playtime and accounting for measurement bias during diagnosis. The post Community Newsletter: Fresh takes on theory-of-mind skills, evaluating joint attention, autism’s sex ratio appeared first on Sp…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 June. The post Spotted around the web: Phelan-McDermid syndrome, autism screening in Sri Lanka and Brazil, cheaper DNA sequencing appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Therapies that target the circuit could boost social activity, new findings suggest. The post Autism-linked mutation disrupts brain circuit to change social behavior appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News