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Spectrum Index: Self-harm hospitalizations, everolimus flops in phase 2 trial
This month’s newsletter also highlights deflated autism prevalence estimates from Shanghai, China.

Spectrum Index: Self-harm hospitalizations, everolimus flops in phase 2 trial
This month’s newsletter also highlights deflated autism prevalence estimates from Shanghai, China.
Spectrum Index: Dip in autism screening, null cancer risk, therapist surge
This month’s newsletter looks at a decline in well-child visits during the coronavirus pandemic, the autism-cancer connection and the sizeable fraction of autistic children who live in poverty.

Spectrum Index: Dip in autism screening, null cancer risk, therapist surge
This month’s newsletter looks at a decline in well-child visits during the coronavirus pandemic, the autism-cancer connection and the sizeable fraction of autistic children who live in poverty.
Spectrum Index: Rare genetic diagnoses, obesity odds, violence against children
This month’s newsletter looks at the minority of autistic people who have an identifiable genetic cause for their condition, and at the fraction of autistic children who are obese.

Spectrum Index: Rare genetic diagnoses, obesity odds, violence against children
This month’s newsletter looks at the minority of autistic people who have an identifiable genetic cause for their condition, and at the fraction of autistic children who are obese.
Spectrum Index: IQ deviations, rural disparities and underweight infants
This monthly newsletter offers quick statistics on the latest data-centric, autism research studies.

Spectrum Index: IQ deviations, rural disparities and underweight infants
This monthly newsletter offers quick statistics on the latest data-centric, autism research studies.
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Cross-species connectome comparison shows uneven olfactory circuit evolution in flies
The findings start to reveal evolutionary changes that may have helped two species develop different olfactory preferences and adapt to their particular environments.

Cross-species connectome comparison shows uneven olfactory circuit evolution in flies
The findings start to reveal evolutionary changes that may have helped two species develop different olfactory preferences and adapt to their particular environments.
Null and Noteworthy: Downstream brain areas read visual cortex signals en masse in mice
The finding contradicts a theory that the regions prioritize neurons that are adept at identifying specific stimuli. Plus, a response to a study that questioned immune memory in astrocytes.

Null and Noteworthy: Downstream brain areas read visual cortex signals en masse in mice
The finding contradicts a theory that the regions prioritize neurons that are adept at identifying specific stimuli. Plus, a response to a study that questioned immune memory in astrocytes.
Poor image quality introduces systematic bias into large neuroimaging datasets
Analyses that include low-quality MRI data underestimate cortical thickness and overestimate cortical surface area, according to new findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

Poor image quality introduces systematic bias into large neuroimaging datasets
Analyses that include low-quality MRI data underestimate cortical thickness and overestimate cortical surface area, according to new findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.