Autism News Live from the 2014 Society for Neuroscience Meeting
I just got home from some intense reporting on autism research for SFARI.org at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington D.C. The SFARI team wrote more than 50 stories, all told; here are mine:Mother's immunity linked to brain inflammation in monkeysThe next hot topic in autism research? Immune cellsBrains of Angelman mice show altered response to motionSimple steps aim to solve science's 'reproducibility problem'Social brain is duped by fake personal interactionsDeaf mouse study hints at gap between squeaks, speechCesarean birth alters immune system, social behavior in miceImaging lights up dynamics of neuron connections in miceDiabetes drug is sweet cure for fragile X in fruit fliesMonkey missing Rett gene prompts primate research debate