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Rachel Zamzow is an award-winning science journalist and editor based in Waco, Texas. She is managing editor of The Open Notebook, a non-profit organization that supports the global community of journalists who cover science. Her work covering science and health has appeared in The Transmitter, Science, and Science News, among other publications.
Rachel has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Missouri. She tweets @RachelZamzow.
The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.
Too often, people outside the margins of what’s considered classic autism are left out of research agendas, Abubakare says.
Intentional interactions with autistic people led Sasson to refocus his research.
Having a genetic predisposition to inflammation is linked to structural changes in brain regions implicated in neurodevelopmental conditions.
Early interventions for autism lack solid data. The source of this problem is murky but may stem from ongoing debates about evidence quality and entrenched conflicts of interest within the field.
Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.
Expanding the bounds of a fear memory or linking it to a neutral memory can shape a mouse’s fear response, two new studies show.
Neuroscience subfields are often siloed. Embracing an integrative approach during training can help change that.
Neuroscience subfields are often siloed. Embracing an integrative approach during training can help change that.
The finding could help unravel gene regulatory networks and explain how genetic and environmental factors interact in neurodevelopmental conditions.
The finding could help unravel gene regulatory networks and explain how genetic and environmental factors interact in neurodevelopmental conditions.