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Cognition and Behavior

A study of autism

Abba Krieger Ph.D. -- University of Pennsylvania

Autism spectrum disorders and the visual analysis of human motion

Maggie Shiffrar Ph.D. -- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Brain basis of atypical face processing in autism

John Gabrieli Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Brain circuitry in simplex autism

John Constantino M.D. -- Washington University in St. Louis

Language learning in autism

Michael Ullman Ph.D. -- Georgetown University

Language processing in children with 22q11 deletion syndrome and autism

Opal Ousley Ph.D. -- Emory University School of Medicine

Neural mechanisms for social cognition in autism spectrum disorders

Rebecca Saxe Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Quantitative analysis of craniofacial dysmorphology in autism

Curtis Deutsch Ph.D. -- University of Massachusetts Medical School

Systematic analysis of neural circuitry in mouse models of autism

Pavel Osten M.D., Ph.D. -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Testing neurological models of autism

Ralph Adolphs Ph.D. -- California Institute of Technology

Testing the effects of cortical disconnection in non-human primates

Richard Krauzlis Ph.D. -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

The brain genomics superstruct project

Randy L. Buckner Ph.D. -- Harvard University

The mirror neuron system in children with autism

Raphael Bernier Ph.D. -- University of Washington

Gene Discovery

A recurrent genetic cause of autism

James F. Gusella Ph.D. -- Massachusetts General Hospital

A sex-specific dissection of autism genetics

Lauren Weiss Ph.D. -- University of California, San Francisco

A systems biology approach to autism genetics

Daniel Geschwind M.D., Ph.D. -- University of California, Los Angeles

Autism and SNPs in the IGF pathway

Arnold J. Levine Ph.D. -- Institute for Advanced Study and
Daniel Notterman M.D. -- Princeton University

Autism and the insula: genomic and neural circuits

John M. Allman Ph.D. -- California Institute of Technology

Comprehensive follow-up of novel autism genetic discoveries

Mark Daly Ph.D. -- Massachusetts General Hospital

Genetic basis of autism

Michael Wigler Ph.D. -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Genome-wide analyses of DNA methylation in autism

Andrew Chess M.D -- Massachusetts General Hospital

Genomic hotspots of autism

Evan Eichler Ph.D. -- University of Washington

Identification of aberrantly methylated genes in autism: the role of advanced paternal age

Jay Gingrich M.D., Ph.D. -- Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Integrative genetic analysis of autism brains

Dan Arking Ph.D. -- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Recessive genes for autism and mental retardation

Christopher Walsh M.D., Ph.D. -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Relevance of NPAS1/3 balance to autism and schizophrenia

Steven McKnight Ph.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Signatures of gene expression in autism spectrum disorders

Louis Kunkel Ph.D. -- Children's Hospital Boston

The role of contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) and other novel genes in autism

Aravinda Chakravarti Ph.D. -- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Using zebrafish and chemical screening to define function of autism genes

Hazel Sive Ph.D. -- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Molecular Mechanisms

A non-human primate autism model based on maternal infection

Paul Patterson Ph.D. -- California Institute of Technology

A test of the mGluR theory in the visual cortex - Project II

Mark Bear Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Aberrant synaptic function caused by TSC mutation in autism

David Sulzer Ph.D. -- Columbia University Medical Center

Behavioral and physiological consequences of disrupted Met signaling

Pat Levitt Ph.D. -- University of Southern California

Connectopathic analysis of autism

Joshua Sanes Ph.D. -- Harvard University Medical School

Coordinated control of synapse development by autism-linked genes

Kimberly Huber Ph.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Christopher Cowan Ph.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dysregulation of PI3K/AKT in social interaction deficits and ASDs with macrocephaly

Luis Parada Ph.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Exploring the role of synaptic proteins in mouse models of autism

Brian Chait D. Phil -- The Rockefeller University

Exploring the role of synaptic proteins in mouse models of autism

Nathaniel Heintz Ph.D. -- The Rockefeller University

Function and dysfunction of neuroligins

Thomas Sudhof M.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Functional analysis of neurexin IV in Drosophila

Larry Zipursky Ph.D. -- University of California, Los Angeles

Generation of genetic models of autism in mice

Gordon Fishell Ph.D. -- New York University School of Medicine

Genomic imbalances at the 22q11 locus and predisposition to autism

Joseph Gogos M.D., Ph.D. -- Columbia University Medical Center

Identification of the functional interactions between FMRP and PAK

Susumu Tonegawa Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Investigation of the role of MET kinase in autism

Ted Dawson M.D., Ph.D. -- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mice lacking SHANK postsynaptic scaffolds as an animal model of autism

Morgan Sheng Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Misregulation of BDNF in autism spectrum disorders

Barbara Hempstead M.D. -- Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Mouse models of human autism spectrum disorders: gene targeting in specific brain regions

Luis Parada Ph.D. -- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Neural and cognitive mechanisms of autism

Mriganka Sur Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neurexin-neuroligin trans-synaptic interaction in learning and memory

Eric R. Kandel M.D. -- Columbia University Medical Center

Novel models to define the genetic basis of autism

Alea Mills B.S., Ph.D. -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Perturbed activity-dependent plasticity mechanisms in autism

Bernardo Sabatini M.D., Ph.D. -- Harvard University Medical School

Regulation of inflammatory Th17 cells in autism spectrum disorder

Dan Littman M.D., Ph.D. -- New York University School of Medicine

Regulation of synaptogenesis by cyclin-dependent kinase 5

Li-Huei Tsai Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Role of a novel Wnt-Dvl-Dact-p120catenin pathway in autism spectrum disorders

Louis Reichardt Ph.D. -- University of California, San Francisco

Role of Ube3a in neocortical plasticity and function

Michael D. Ehlers M.D., Ph.D. -- Duke University

Role of Wnt signaling in forebrain development, synaptic physiology, and mouse behavior

Louis Reichardt Ph.D. -- University of California, San Francisco

Search for mouse models of autism - Project IV

Ann Graybiel Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The integration of interneurons into cortical microcircuits

Gordon J. Fishell Ph.D. -- New York University School of Medicine

The role of CNTNAP2 in embryonic neural stem cell regulation

Nicholas Gaiano Ph.D. -- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The role of SHANK3 in autism spectrum disorders

Joseph Buxbaum Ph.D. -- Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Using Drosophila to model the synaptic function of the autism-linked NHE9

J. Troy Littleton M.D., Ph.D. -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

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