Genomics, convergent neuroscience and progress in understanding autism spectrum disorder

HR Willsey, AJ Willsey, B Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
More than a hundred genes have been identified that, when disrupted, impart large risk for
autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Current knowledge about the encoded proteins—although …

Genetic causes and modifiers of autism spectrum disorder

L Rylaarsdam, A Guemez-Gamboa - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental
disorders, affecting an estimated 1 in 59 children. ASD is highly genetically heterogeneous …

Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: a review

SL Ferri, T Abel, ES Brodkin - Current psychiatry reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Neurodevelopmental disorders disproportionately affect males.
The mechanisms underlying male vulnerability or female protection are not known and …

Zebrafish in toxicology and environmental health

K Bambino, J Chu - Current topics in developmental biology, 2017 - Elsevier
As manufacturing processes and development of new synthetic compounds increase to
keep pace with the expanding global demand, environmental health, and the effects of …

[PDF][PDF] A functional cellular framework for sex and estrous cycle-dependent gene expression and behavior

JR Knoedler, S Inoue, DW Bayless, T Yang, A Tantry… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Sex hormones exert a profound influence on gendered behaviors. How individual sex
hormone-responsive neuronal populations regulate diverse sex-typical behaviors is unclear …

A simple and effective F0 knockout method for rapid screening of behaviour and other complex phenotypes

F Kroll, GT Powell, M Ghosh, G Gestri, P Antinucci… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Hundreds of human genes are associated with neurological diseases, but translation into
tractable biological mechanisms is lagging. Larval zebrafish are an attractive model to …

Autism spectrum disorder genetics and the search for pathological mechanisms

DS Manoli, MW State - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Recent progress in the identification of genes and genomic regions contributing to autism
spectrum disorder (ASD) has had a broad impact on our understanding of the nature of …

Parallel in vivo analysis of large-effect autism genes implicates cortical neurogenesis and estrogen in risk and resilience

HR Willsey, CRT Exner, Y Xu, A Everitt, N Sun, B Wang… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Gene Ontology analyses of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) risk genes have repeatedly
highlighted synaptic function and transcriptional regulation as key points of convergence …

The road to precision psychiatry: translating genetics into disease mechanisms

MJ Gandal, V Leppa, H Won, NN Parikshak… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Hundreds of genetic loci increasing risk for neuropsychiatric disorders have recently been
identified. This success, perhaps paradoxically, has posed challenges for therapeutic …

Zebrafish behavior: opportunities and challenges

MB Orger, GG de Polavieja - Annual review of neuroscience, 2017 - annualreviews.org
A great challenge in neuroscience is understanding how activity in the brain gives rise to
behavior. The zebrafish is an ideal vertebrate model to address this challenge, thanks to the …