Recent years have seen an increased understanding of the importance of myelination in
healthy brain function and neuropsychiatric diseases. Non-invasive microstructural magnetic …

Over the last two decades, numerous human MRI studies of neuroplasticity have shown
compelling evidence for extensive and rapid experience-induced brain plasticity in vivo. To …

Autism is a heritable disorder, with over 250 associated genes identified to date, yet no
single gene accounts for> 1–2% of cases. The clinical presentation, behavioural symptoms …

Interest in structural brain connectivity has grown with the understanding that abnormal
neural connections may play a role in neurologic and psychiatric diseases. Small animal …

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is the most widely used nonhuman primate for
modeling the structure and function of the brain. Brain atlases, and particularly those based …

Neuroimaging has provided compelling data about the brain. Yet the underlying
mechanisms of many neuroimaging techniques have not been elucidated. Here we report a …

Background Exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) in utero is a risk factor for
neurodevelopmental disorders later in life. The impact of the gestational timing of MIA …

Exposure to maternal infection in utero increases the risk that offspring will develop
neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia …

Copy number variants (CNVs) are robustly associated with psychiatric disorders and
changes in brain structures. However, because CNVs contain many genes, the precise gene …

BTBR T+ tf/J (BTBR) mice display prominent behavioural deficits analogous to the defining
symptoms of autism, a feature that has prompted a widespread use of the model in …