Cited by 89Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

First glimpses of the neurobiology of autism spectrum disorder

Sanders, Stephan J·2015·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

Abstract

Rapid progress in identifying the genes underlying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has provided the substrate for a first wave of analyses into the underlying neurobiology. This review describes the consensus across these diverse analyses, highlighting two distinct sets of genes: 1) Genes that regulate chromatin and transcription, especially in cortical projection neurons and striatal medium spiny neurons during mid-fetal development; and 2) Genes involved in synapse development and function, especially during infancy and early childhood, and differentially expressed in the post mortem ASD brain. Both gene sets are also regulatory targets of the ASD genes CHD8 and FMRP. It remains to be seen whether these represent two independent paths to the ASD phenotype or two components of a common path.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.gde.2015.10.002

Cites

75 of 75 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Sanders, S. J.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Sanders, Stephan J
Venue
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-08
Volume
33
Pages
80-92
ISSN
0959-437X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2161508377
Cited by
84
References
75
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11
FWCI
1.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, neurobiology, chromatin regulation, transcription, cortical projection neurons, striatal medium spiny neurons, synaptic development, postmortem brain, CHD8, FMRP, fetal development
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Neurons, Synapses, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Visual Cortex, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review