17 October 2025
A new study from EMBL Rome scientists reveals a specific brain circuit involved in impaired sensory learning and behavioural adaptation in autism — paving the way for a deeper mechanistic understanding of the condition.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
29 November 2019
Exploring the diverse routes by which EMBL scientists are driving forward neurobiology
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2019
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19 November 2018
Scientists uncover effects of mutation that can cause autism and intellectual disability
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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2 February 2014
In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don’t talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, for the first time, a way in which this decreased functional connectivity can come about. In a study published online today…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2014
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21 July 2011
Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired, scientists at the European…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2011
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