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Plumbing the link between anti-CASPR2 antibodies and autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 1 December.

By Jill Adams
2 December 2025 | 1 min read
Research image of SHANK3 protein levels in mice.
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SHANK3 deficiency and behavior in mice; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 November.

By Jill Adams
25 November 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.
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Role of maternal factors in autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 17 November.

By Jill Adams
18 November 2025 | 2 min read
Human brain cross-sections.
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Teasing out mosaicism cell by cell; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 10 November.

By Jill Adams
11 November 2025 | 2 min read
Microglia from neonatal mice.
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Functional connectivity links with autism, not ADHD; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 3 November.

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

New method identifies two-hit genetic variation in autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 October.

By Jill Adams
28 October 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of a circuit made of sperm-like lines.
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Gene variants accumulate in older men’s sperm; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 20 October.

By Jill Adams
21 October 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of human cortical organoids.
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Parsing phenotypes in people with shared autism-linked variants; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 13 October.

By Jill Adams
14 October 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of neurons with variants of the KCNQ2 gene (bottom row) developing more synaptic protein groups (pink and blue) than control neurons (top row).
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ADSI, leucovorin, autism registry; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 October.

By Jill Adams
7 October 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.
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Tylenol, leucovorin and autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 29 September.

By Jill Adams
30 September 2025 | 2 min read

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‘Wired for Words: The Neural Architecture of Language,’ an excerpt

In his new book, Hickok provides a detailed overview of the research into the circuits that control speech and language. In this excerpt from Chapter 5, he shares how meeting his colleague David Poeppel led to them developing the theory for bilateral speech perception.

By Gregory Hickok
2 December 2025 | 8 min read
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This paper changed my life: Nancy Padilla-Coreano on learning the value of population coding

The 2013 Nature paper by Mattia Rigotti and his colleagues revealed how mixed selectivity neurons—cells that are not selectively tuned to a stimulus—play a key role in cognition.

By Nancy Padilla-Coreano
1 December 2025 | 5 min read
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Genetic profiles separate early, late autism diagnoses

Age at diagnosis reflects underlying differences in common genetic variants and developmental trajectories among people with autism.

By Natalia Mesa
27 November 2025 | 5 min read

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