Refined social phenotyping of syndromic and idiopathic forms of autism, combined with advances in genetics, animal models of syndromes and brain imaging, may facilitate discovery of shared brain mechanisms that will lead to new treatments. The reversal of social deficits in animal models is promising for eventual translation into therapeutics.
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Harris, J. The origin and natural history of autism spectrum disorders. Nat Neurosci 19, 1390–1391 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4427
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