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In Brief

Potential pathway

A new mechanism may underlie a runaway signaling pathway that is the target of fragile X syndrome drugs.
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Brain methylation

Researchers have charted patterns of DNA methylation in the planning center of the brain over a lifespan.
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Music reigns

In people with autism, the brain responds more strongly to songs than to speech.
In Brief

Birth report

The odds of receiving an autism diagnosis have gone up for children born each year since 1994.
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Robot renaissance

Engineers have debuted several new robots to help children with autism learn social skills.
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Fly chart

Fruit fly chromosomes are folded into organized clusters that bring together active or inactive genes.
Autism in the Arts

Infectious behavior

In his new book, Paul Patterson clearly surveys the rich and varied research on autism and the immune system.
Conference News

Gray’s anatomy

People with autism have structural changes in distinct parts of the cerebellum.
Conference News

Model mouse

The brains of mice that model Rett syndrome have smaller brain volumes compared with controls.
Mouse model RFA

We are accepting applications until 5 March for systematic and scalable behavioral phenotyping of mouse models of autism.

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Viewpoint

The overlap between autism and attention deficit disorder could help us understand both disorders, says Joel Nigg.

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Papers of the Week

A selection of the most interesting autism-related papers on PubMed this week.

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