Uncategorized – ASF Weekly Science Podcasts
Uncategorized – ASF Weekly Science Podcasts
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The latest autism research news stories with ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay
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The show covers a variety of topics relating to autism research, including advancements in remote assessments, sex differences in autism prevalence, synaptic density in autistic brains, and the challenges faced by individuals with gastrointestinal issues. Episodes offer insights into recent studies, such as the rise of self-diagnosis tools and the significance of studying the autistic brain's mechanisms.
The latest autism research news stories with ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay
This week we talk to Drs. Steve Scherer, Lisa Bradley and Graham Collingridge who recently published research that shows the gene PTCHD1-AS influences social functioning in humans and mice, without influencing intellectual deficits. This is the newest data that shows a single gene can control social communication and not some of the other comorbid features of ASD. They review the data around genetic influences in autism, why the knowledge of the role of genes in autism has exploded in the past decade, evidence that specific genes lead to an autism diagnosis, and more specifically, what this gene does in the brain and why it took so long to identify it.
Here is the article: open access! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10515-6
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