Circuits, Cognition & Behavior

The rat is a more sociable species than the mouse, and a larger spectrum of behavioral assessments are available to researchers. Using outbred rat 16p11.2 deletion and duplication models recently developed in his laboratory, Yann Herault will assess whether these animal models recapitulate the mouse phenotypes. Additional communication and sociability phenotypes will also be investigated.

The short-term goal and scope of this proposal is to eliminate head motion in MRI scans at the time of acquisition by developing new, patient-specific hardware that physically prevents the head from moving in the scanner. In the longer term, Jones aims to understand the neural representation of restricted interests and how shifts in restricted interests are represented in the brain of individuals with autism.

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