Dr. Xing concludes, "This research sheds light on the role of dopamine in neural circuit formation during early development, specifically in the context of autism.

image: This diagram shows that dopamine regulates neuron specification, suggesting its role in modulating neural circuits during development, potentially contributing to autism spectrum disorder ...

Disrupted dopamine signaling is linked to autism spectrum disorder, suggesting new avenues for targeted interventions, as per findings in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier ...

By tracking autism-relevant behaviors associated with cerebellar–prefrontal cortical circuits, the researchers also found that neural circuits from the posterior vermis and the rCrus1 region of ...

Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have identified a neural circuit defect in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that affects the ability to redirect attention, an ...

A study appearing in Nature Neuroscience has linked distinct neural and behavioral characteristics in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to a simple computational principle. Centered on the "dynamic ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice — key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this ...

Neural Rigidity in Autism Autism affects the integration of diverse neural information and is characterized by rigidity in global brain dynamics. Prior research (e.g., Watanabe et al., 2019) finds ...

Under normal circumstances, the brain undergoes synaptic pruning, a process involving the removal of unnecessary or weak synaptic connections to make way for more efficient neural networks. This ...