Helen Tager-Flusberg is director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University. Her research aims to untangle autism and language impairments using behavioral and brain-imagining studies. She was also a columnist for Spectrum.
Boston University
Helen Tager-Flusberg is director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University. Her research aims to untangle autism and language impairments using behavioral and brain-imagining studies. She was also a columnist for Spectrum.
A diagnosis of social communication disorder only keeps people from a community and resources they desperately want and need.
Studying parents of children with autism has long been controversial, but that doesn’t mean scientists should avoid it.
Elsa, the star of the movie “Frozen,” is the poster child for girls with autism.
Scientists should slow down and return to the basic tenets of research to regain the public’s trust.
Trials to test drugs for autism suffer from subjective measurements and placebo effects. Helen Tager-Flusberg outlines how to ferret out the true effects of potential autism therapies.
The work also adds to a growing body of evidence showing that mice, and their genetic toolbox, can be used to study cough.
The work also adds to a growing body of evidence showing that mice, and their genetic toolbox, can be used to study cough.
The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.
The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.
The drug’s affinity for overactive cells in the “anti-reward” region may help explain its rapid and long-lasting results.
The drug’s affinity for overactive cells in the “anti-reward” region may help explain its rapid and long-lasting results.