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Research image of mice brains.
Spectrum

Autism in old age, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 2 March.

By Jill Adams
3 March 2026 | 1 min read
Research image of CHD3 protein levels in mice brains.
Spectrum

In-vivo base editing in a mouse model of autism, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 23 February.

By Jill Adams
24 February 2026 | 2 min read
Research image visualizing brain region connectivity in autistic girls compared to autistic boys.
Spectrum

New insights on sex bias in autism, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 16 February.

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

Interneurons’ role in epilepsy, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 9 February.

By Jill Adams
10 February 2026 | 1 min read
Research image of fish.
Spectrum

Pangenomic approaches to the genetics of autism, and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 2 February.

By Jill Adams
3 February 2026 | 2 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.
Spectrum

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.
Spectrum

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
Research image of astrocytes in a mouse brain.
Spectrum

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.
Spectrum

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
Neurons in cerebral organoids containing a MECP2 variant (right panel) have smaller cell bodies and fewer branches than those in wildtype organoids (left panel).
Spectrum

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

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Tick on a leaf raises its forelegs.
Neuro’s ark

Neuro’s ark: Spying on the secret sensory world of ticks

Carola Städele, a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the arachnids’ sensory neurobiology—in other words, how these tiny parasites zero in on their next meal.

By Calli McMurray
3 March 2026 | 6 min read
Sheet of paper with a red pencil struck through it.
Publishing

Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature

Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review.

By Jakob Voigts
2 March 2026 | 14 min read
Figure in profile walking through the woods holding a branch that resembles a dendrite.
Dendrites

Dendrites help neuroscientists see the forest for the trees

Dendritic arbors provide just the right scale to study how individual neurons reciprocally interact with their broader circuitry—and are our best bet to bridge cellular and systems neuroscience.

By Justin O’Hare
27 February 2026 | 7 min read

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