A temporary increase in neuronal activity in the cortex of newborn mice leads to social deficits in adulthood, according to a new preprint. Those adult rodents also show changes in brain electrical activity, gene expression and connectivity that are reminiscent of autism. The analysis lends support to a prominent hypothesis of autism’s origins, which holds […]
A reanalysis of data published in a 2024 Nature paper spotlights the tension between curiosity and caution when searching for gene candidates. The 2024 study, led by Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering and applied physics at Stanford University, claimed to reveal changes in gene expression associated with a mouse’s memory of a foot shock. Quake […]
“Parliament denied me maternity insurance on the grounds that democracy demands that no one can replace me. With little support from the authorities or my own political party, I have worked as well as possible while meeting the needs of my now 13 weeks. ” -old son, “she said. She added that she was “amazed” […]
DULUTH – Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan stopped in Duluth on Tuesday to tout Minnesota’s two-year state education budget passed with bipartisan support in late June, which includes the largest per-pupil funding formula increase in 15 years. “Schools are the epitome of what community looks like, and COVID challenged us as a […]
