At a symposium of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, six speakers described a diversity of recently launched studies aimed at improving understanding of the autistic brain.
Norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex.
The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones.
Neuroscientists discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential threats.
Stimulating the brain’s caudate nucleus generates a negative outlook that clouds decision-making.
Researchers suspect cells in this brain circuit could also be targets of Parkinson’s disease.
Neuroscientist recognized by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for project on neural circuits for anxiety control.
Researchers find that brain scans can predict the success of treatment for social anxiety disorder.
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that controls decisions that induce high anxiety.
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
Researchers suggest autism stems from a reduced ability to make predictions, leading to anxiety.
MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye finds a discrete brain circuit that controls social interaction, which is impaired in many brain disorders.
New findings may help neuroscientists pinpoint better targets for antianxiety treatments.
