
Thomas Bourgeron
Professor
University Paris Diderot
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Expliquer la résilience à l’autisme peut faire naître de nouvelles thérapies
Explaining ‘resilience’ in autism may seed new therapies
Some individuals who have autism mutations show no signs of the condition; understanding why may lead to treatments.

Explaining ‘resilience’ in autism may seed new therapies
Questions for Thomas Bourgeron: In search of ‘second hits’
Taking a close look at people who have a mutation in a known autism gene may reveal why these people often have vastly different characteristics.

Questions for Thomas Bourgeron: In search of ‘second hits’
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Sensory gatekeeper drives seizures, autism-like behaviors in mouse model
The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.

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The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.
Michael Breakspear and Mac Shine explain how brain processing changes across neural population scales
Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.
Michael Breakspear and Mac Shine explain how brain processing changes across neural population scales
Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.