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

Autism research spotted this week: 

  • “Neurobehavioral profiles and clinical consequences of MYT1L-related neurodevelopmental disorder: Insights from the brain gene registry” medRxiv
  • “Degraded sensory coding in a mouse model of SCN2A-related disorder and its rescue by CRISPRa gene activation” bioRxiv
  • “Using endocrine profiles to explore subgroups among transdiagnostic neurodiverse children and adolescents” Journal of Neural Transmission
  • “Trends over time in the prevalence of autism by adaptive and intellectual functioning levels” Autism Research
  • “An open science resource for accelerating scalable digital health research in autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions” Nature Neuroscience (The resource is funded by the Simons Foundation, The Transmitter’s parent organization.)
  • “New science points to 4 distinct types of autism” The Washington Post

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