Autism: A “Critical Period” Disorder?

Shank3 mutant mice display autistic-like behaviours and striatal dysfunction

(2011) João Peça et al.   NATURE

Structural basis for the role of inhibition in facilitating adult brain plasticity

(2011) Jerry L Chen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Neurexin-Neuroligin Transsynaptic Interaction Mediates Learning-Related Synaptic Remodeling and Long-Term Facilitation in Aplysia

(2011) Yun-Beom Choi et al.   NEURON

Excitatory Projection Neuron Subtypes Control the Distribution of Local Inhibitory Interneurons in the Cerebral Cortex

(2011) Simona Lodato et al.   NEURON

Sensory Processing in Autism: A Review of Neurophysiologic Findings

(2011) ELYSA J. MARCO et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

A Systematic Review of Medical Treatments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2011) M. L. McPheeters et al.   PEDIATRICS

A Systematic Review of Early Intensive Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders

(2011) Z. Warren et al.   PEDIATRICS

Epigenetic Modification of the FMR1 Gene in Fragile X Syndrome Is Associated with Differential Response to the mGluR5 Antagonist AFQ056

(2011) S. Jacquemont et al.   Science Translational Medicine

MEG detection of delayed auditory evoked responses in autism spectrum disorders: towards an imaging biomarker for autism

(2010) Timothy P.L. Roberts et al.   Autism Research

Multisensory processing in children with autism: high-density electrical mapping of auditory-somatosensory integration

(2010) Natalie Russo et al.   Autism Research

Reversibility of functional deficits in experimental models of Rett syndrome

(2010) Stuart Cobb et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Basic Abnormalities in Visual Processing Affect Face Processing at an Early Age in Autism Spectrum Disorder

(2010) Petra Hendrika Johanna Maria Vlamings et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Animals lacking link protein have attenuated perineuronal nets and persistent plasticity

(2010) Daniela Carulli et al.   BRAIN

The Angelman Syndrome Protein Ube3A Regulates Synapse Development by Ubiquitinating Arc

(2010) Paul L. Greer et al.   CELL

Somatosensory processing in neurodevelopmental disorders

(2010) Carissa J. Cascio   Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Reducing Intracortical Inhibition in the Adult Visual Cortex Promotes Ocular Dominance Plasticity

(2010) A. Harauzov et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Removing Brakes on Adult Brain Plasticity: From Molecular to Behavioral Interventions

(2010) D. Bavelier et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dysfunction in GABA signalling mediates autism-like stereotypies and Rett syndrome phenotypes

(2010) Hsiao-Tuan Chao et al.   NATURE

Critical Period Plasticity Is Disrupted in the Barrel Cortex of Fmr1 Knockout Mice

(2010) Emily G. Harlow et al.   NEURON

Monaural Deprivation Disrupts Development of Binaural Selectivity in Auditory Midbrain and Cortex

(2010) Maria V. Popescu et al.   NEURON

Altered GABAA receptor subunit expression and pharmacology in human Angelman syndrome cortex

(2010) William H. Roden et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Fluoxetine but not risperidone increases sociability in the BTBR mouse model of autism

(2010) Kathryn K. Chadman   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

Genomic imprinting of experience-dependent cortical plasticity by the ubiquitin ligase gene Ube3a

(2010) M. Sato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cortical Plasticity Induced by Inhibitory Neuron Transplantation

(2010) D. G. Southwell et al.   SCIENCE

Lynx1, a Cholinergic Brake, Limits Plasticity in Adult Visual Cortex

(2010) H. Morishita et al.   SCIENCE

Increased dendritic spine densities on cortical projection neurons in autism spectrum disorders

(2009) Jeffrey J. Hutsler et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

GABAergic interneurons targeting dendrites of pyramidal cells in the CA1 area of the hippocampus

(2009) Thomas Klausberger   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Common circuit defect of excitatory-inhibitory balance in mouse models of autism

(2009) Nadine Gogolla et al.   Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Intact Long-Term Potentiation but Reduced Connectivity between Neocortical Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome

(2009) V. S. Dani et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Modulation of Perineuronal Nets and Parvalbumin with Developmental Song Learning

(2009) T. S. Balmer et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Maternal transmission of a rare GABRB3 signal peptide variant is associated with autism

(2009) R J Delahanty et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Autism genome-wide copy number variation reveals ubiquitin and neuronal genes

(2009) Joseph T. Glessner et al.   NATURE

Ube3a is required for experience-dependent maturation of the neocortex

(2009) Koji Yashiro et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Dendritic spine pathologies in hippocampal pyramidal neurons from Rett syndrome brain and after expression of Rett-associated MECP2 mutations

(2009) Christopher A. Chapleau et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Repetitive Self-Grooming Behavior in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism is Blocked by the mGluR5 Antagonist MPEP

(2009) Jill L Silverman et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

How somatic cortical maps differ in autistic and typical brains

(2009) Mehmet Akif Coskun et al.   NEUROREPORT

Effects of Early Pattern Deprivation on Visual Development

(2009) Terri L. Lewis et al.   OPTOMETRY AND VISION SCIENCE

Partial reversal of Rett Syndrome-like symptoms in MeCP2 mutant mice

(2009) Daniela Tropea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure

(2009) N. Gogolla et al.   SCIENCE

The emerging role of synaptic cell-adhesion pathways in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders

(2009) Catalina Betancur et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Vision in autism spectrum disorders

(2009) David R. Simmons et al.   VISION RESEARCH

Structural Variation of Chromosomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder

(2008) Christian R. Marshall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Disruption of Neurexin 1 Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder

(2008) Hyung-Goo Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Novel de novo SHANK3 mutation in autistic patients

(2008) Julie Gauthier et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS

Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin-3 R451C knockin mice

(2008) Kathryn K. Chadman et al.   Autism Research

Visual Abilities and Sensory Differences in a Person with Autism

(2008) Temple Grandin   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Autism: Many Genes, Common Pathways?

(2008) Daniel H. Geschwind   CELL

Experience-Dependent Transfer of Otx2 Homeoprotein into the Visual Cortex Activates Postnatal Plasticity

(2008) Sayaka Sugiyama et al.   CELL

Expression of GABAB Receptors Is Altered in Brains of Subjects with Autism

(2008) S. Hossein Fatemi et al.   CEREBELLUM

Auditory evoked fields predict language ability and impairment in children

(2008) Janis E. Oram Cardy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Imbalance of Neocortical Excitation and Inhibition and Altered UP States Reflect Network Hyperexcitability in the Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome

(2008) Jay R. Gibson et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Type 5-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation of Excitatory Synapses on Fast-Spiking GABAergic Neurons in Mouse Visual Cortex

(2008) A. Sarihi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Role for metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in the pathogenesis of fragile X syndrome

(2008) Gül Dölen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Manipulating critical period closure across different sectors of the primary auditory cortex

(2008) Etienne de Villers-Sidani et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Advances in autism genetics: on the threshold of a new neurobiology

(2008) Brett S. Abrahams et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Rescue of behavioral phenotype and neuronal protrusion morphology in Fmr1 KO mice

(2008) Femke M.S. de Vrij et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS FOLLOWING IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS

(2008) R. L. Bromley et al.   NEUROLOGY

Unusual Repertoire of Vocalizations in the BTBR T+tf/J Mouse Model of Autism

(2008) Maria Luisa Scattoni et al.   PLoS One

Reduced social interaction and ultrasonic communication in a mouse model of monogenic heritable autism

(2008) S. Jamain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

(2008) J. F. M. Vetencourt et al.   SCIENCE

Review of visual speech perception by hearing and hearing‐impaired people: clinical implications

(2008) Lynn Woodhouse et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Autism-like behavioral phenotypes in BTBR T+tf/J mice

(2007) H. G. McFarlane et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Early Defects of GABAergic Synapses in the Brain Stem of a MeCP2 Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome

(2007) L. Medrihan et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY