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Progenitors cells in the medial ganglionic eminence become increasingly organized during development as rows of brain imaging progress from top to bottom.

‘Tour de force’ study flags fount of interneurons in human brain

The newly discovered cell type might point to the origins of the inhibitory imbalance linked to autism and other conditions.

By Holly Barker
29 January 2026 | 4 min read
Brain scans showing people with autism have a thinner cortex in many brain regions than do people with ADHD, but greater measures of cortical curvature.

FDA website no longer warns against bogus autism therapies, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 26 January.

By Jill Adams
27 January 2026 | 2 min read
Pyramidal neurons in the mouse hippocampus.

Sensory profiles in autism, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 19 January.

By Jill Adams
20 January 2026 | 2 min read
Crowd seen from above.

Common and rare variants shape distinct genetic architecture of autism in African Americans

Certain gene variants may have greater weight in determining autism likelihood for some populations, a new study shows.

By Laura Dattaro
15 January 2026 | 5 min read
Research image of astrocytes in a mouse brain.

Alzheimer’s disease and autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 12 January.

By Jill Adams
13 January 2026 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.

Profiles of neurodevelopmental conditions; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 5 January.

By Jill Adams
6 January 2026 | 1 min read
Illustration of people walking over colored circles on the ground.

Spectrum 2025: Year in review

Revisit some of the conversations and debates—on topics from leucovorin to the gut microbiome—that have shaped autism research in the past 12 months.

By The Transmitter
24 December 2025 | 2 min read
Overlapping speech bubbles.

Talking shop: The Transmitter’s top quotes of 2025

Find out what “may be one of the brain’s most underappreciated superpowers” and why it’s so crucial to “talk about our research in our everyday lives.”

By The Transmitter
24 December 2025 | 4 min read
Neurons in cerebral organoids containing a MECP2 variant (right panel) have smaller cell bodies and fewer branches than those in wildtype organoids (left panel).

Autism in Kenya, organoid research, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 22 December.

By Jill Adams
23 December 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.

Glutamate receptors, mRNA transcripts and SYNGAP1; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 15 December.

By Jill Adams
16 December 2025 | 2 min read

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Michael Shadlen explains how theory of mind ushers nonconscious thoughts into consciousness

All of our thoughts, mostly nonconscious, are interrogations of the world, Shadlen says. The opportunity to report our answers to ourselves or others brings a thought into conscious awareness.

By Paul Middlebrooks
28 January 2026 | 1 min read
Walter Koroshetz.

‘Peer review is our strength’: Q&A with Walter Koroshetz, former NINDS director

In his first week off the job, the former National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke director urges U.S. scientists to remain optimistic about the future of neuroscience research, even if the executive branch “may not value what we do.”

By Angie Voyles Askham
27 January 2026 | 7 min read
Chimpanzee neural organoid.

Viral remnant in chimpanzees silences brain gene humans still use

The retroviral insert appears to inadvertently switch off a gene involved in brain development.

By Siddhant Pusdekar
27 January 2026 | 5 min read

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