The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) serves as a core region in social networks, and
impairments in this area have been identified in autism spectrum disorders. Our prior …

Successfully navigating social interactions requires the precise and balanced integration of
social and environmental cues. When such flexible information integration fails, maladaptive …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly prevalent and genetically heterogeneous brain
disorder. Developing effective therapeutic interventions requires knowledge of the brain …

Deficits in social interaction (SI) are a core symptom of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD),
however treatments for social deficits are notably lacking. Elucidating brain circuits and …

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders with
heterogeneous causes, characterized by communication deficits, impaired social …

Background Recent progress in genomics has contributed to the identification of a large
number of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk genes, many of which encode synaptic …

Social interaction is a complex behavior which requires the individual to integrate various
internal processes, such as social motivation, social recognition, salience, reward, and …

Social behavior emerges early in development, a time marked by the onset of
neurodevelopmental disorders featuring social deficits, including autism spectrum disorder …

Interneurons are fundamental cells for maintaining the excitation-inhibition balance in the
brain in health and disease. While interneurons have been shown to play a key role in the …

Understanding the neuropathogenesis of impaired social cognition in autism spectrum
disorders (ASD) is challenging. Altered cortical parvalbumin-positive (PV+) interneurons …