Chromatin remodeling tied to altered splicing in autism model | Spectrum | Autism Research News

Exposing neurons to valproic acid, a well-known environmental risk factor for autism, disrupts their ability to generate different proteins from the same gene.

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CHD8 mutation in 33 mouse strains yields range of traits | Spectrum | Autism Research News

The findings put genetic background forward to help explain autism’s heterogeneity.

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Flexible genomic architecture undergoes major redesigns during cerebellum development | Spectrum | Autism Research News

A new atlas reveals how the structural shake-ups within a cell’s genome differ by cell type and brain region over time.

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Community Newsletter: Autism gene lists, genetic diversity in mouse models, an autism biomarker | Spectrum | Autism Research News

This week, we’re bringing you some labors of love: a thread lamenting the autism field’s focus on gene lists, a study introducing genetic diversity in mouse models, and long-awaited results from a biomarker study.

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‘Double duty’ autism-linked genes upend conventional characterizations | Spectrum | Autism Research News

What these genes do and how they affect autism depends on when in development they’re studied, despite what classic ‘gene ontology’ analyses say.

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Heart anomalies abound in mouse models of autism | Spectrum | Autism Research News

Of nine genetic models examined in a new study, all had some incidence of cardiac abnormalities. But the problems varied widely depending on the affected genes.

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Organoids show how mutations in top autism gene may lead to brain overgrowth in people | Spectrum | Autism Research News

The loss of CHD8, a top autism gene, speeds up the production of certain neurons and leads to overgrowth in spheres of cultured brain cells.

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Three autism-linked genes converge on tweaks to cells’ timing | Spectrum | Autism Research News

Mutations in all three accelerate the maturation of inhibitory neurons, which could upset the brain’s balance of excitation and inhibition early in development.

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Fish, frogs, flies and other fauna in scientific firsts | Spectrum | Autism Research News

Over the past century, scientists have used a variety of animal models to advance their understanding of the developing brain and autism.

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