Main In recent years, substantial advances in social neuroscience have been realized,
including the generation of numerous rodent models of autism spectrum disorder. Still, it can …

Mice and rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), which may express their arousal and
emotional states, to communicate with each other. There is continued scientific effort to …

Maternal immune dysregulation is a prenatal risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Importantly, a clinically relevant connection exists between inflammation and metabolic …

Copy number variants (CNVs) are genomic imbalances strongly linked to the aetiology of
neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism. By virtue of their large size …

The current “autism spectrum” DSM 5 diagnostic criteria and autism standardized diagnostic
instruments promote considerable heterogeneity or clinical indecision and may be …

Genetic research in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has progressed tremendously in
recent decades. Dozens of genetic loci and hundreds of alterations in the genetic sequence …

Postsynaptic scaffolding proteins, which are major components of the postsynaptic density
(PSD) at excitatory synapses, include Shank, PSD-95, A-kinase anchoring protein, Homer …

A wide body of evidence suggests a relationship between maternal immune activation (MIA)
and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Since social …

Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental syndrome,
accumulating evidence indicates that oxidative stress and inflammation are common …

Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by the loss of ubiquitin ligase
E3A (UBE3A) gene expression in the brain. The UBE3A gene is paternally imprinted in brain …