The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and its abundant connections with other brain regions
play key roles in memory, cognition, decision making, social behaviors, and mood …

The recently developed new genome-editing technologies, such as the CRISPR/Cas
system, have opened the door for generating genetically modified nonhuman primate (NHP) …

Striatal locally projecting neurons, or interneurons, act on nearby circuits and shape
functional output to the rest of the basal ganglia. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing …

Objectives Autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and tic disorder (Tourette
syndrome; TS) are neurodevelopmental conditions that frequently co-occur and impact …

Objective: Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) sometimes appears rapidly, even
overnight, often after an infection. Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders …

In this updated edition, Olga Bogdashina provides a theoretical foundation for
understanding communication and language impairments specific to autism. She explores …

The differences in size and function between primate and rodent brains, and the association
of disturbed excitatory/inhibitory balance with many neurodevelopmental disorders highlight …

Tourette syndrome (TS) is thought to involve dopaminergic disturbances, but the nature of
those disturbances remains controversial. Existing hypotheses suggest that TS involves 1) …

Neuroligins (NLs), a family of postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecules, have been associated
with autism spectrum disorder. We have reported that dysfunction of the medial prefrontal …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder caused by
genetic or environmental perturbations during early development. Diagnoses are dependent …