SFARI Gene: an evolving database for the autism research community

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Consensus Paper: Pathological Role of the Cerebellum in Autism

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Precise temporal regulation of alternative splicing during neural development

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Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation

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Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats that are expanded in autism

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A Quantitative Framework to Evaluate Modeling of Cortical Development by Neural Stem Cells

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Distinct subnetworks of the thalamic reticular nucleus

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New roles for the cerebellum in health and disease

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AutismKB: an evidence-based knowledgebase of autism genetics

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Genetic Effects on Cerebellar Structure Across Mouse Models of Autism Using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Atlas

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Regulation of cell-type-specific transcriptomes by microRNA networks during human brain development

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Molecular and network-level mechanisms explaining individual differences in autism spectrum disorder

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Developmental regulation of human cortex transcription and its clinical relevance at single base resolution

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Pathway Network Analyses for Autism Reveal Multisystem Involvement, Major Overlaps with Other Diseases and Convergence upon MAPK and Calcium Signaling

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A myelin-related transcriptomic profile is shared by Pitt–Hopkins syndrome models and human autism spectrum disorder

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Cerebellar associative sensory learning defects in five mouse autism models

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TSHZ3 deletion causes an autism syndrome and defects in cortical projection neurons

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Integrated analysis of whole-exome sequencing and transcriptome profiling in males with autism spectrum disorders

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Cohesin-dependence of neuronal gene expression relates to chromatin loop length

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Salivary miRNA profiles identify children with autism spectrum disorder, correlate with adaptive behavior, and implicate ASD candidate genes involved in neurodevelopment

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A quantitative framework for characterizing the evolutionary history of mammalian gene expression

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Genome‐wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the East Asian Populations

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Spontaneous and Induced Animal Models for Cancer Research

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Decomposition of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism reveals underlying genetic programs

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Loss of Sfpq Causes Long-Gene Transcriptopathy in the Brain

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Domestic dog lineages reveal genetic drivers of behavioral diversification

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Large-scale methylation domains mark a functional subset of neuronally expressed genesPreprint

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Proteomic Analysis of Post-synaptic Density Fractions from Shank3 Mutant Mice Reveals Brain Region Specific Changes Relevant to Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Cord blood DNA methylome in newborns later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder reflects early dysregulation of neurodevelopmental and X-linked genes

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ELAVL2-regulated transcriptional and splicing networks in human neurons link neurodevelopment and autism

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DNMT3A Haploinsufficiency Results in Behavioral Deficits and Global Epigenomic Dysregulation Shared across Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Copy number variants in autism spectrum disorders

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Paternal age affects offspring via an epigenetic mechanism involving REST/NRSF

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Rho GTPase Regulators and Effectors in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Animal Models and Insights for Therapeutics

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Effect Sizes of Deletions and Duplications on Autism Risk Across the Genome

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The role of Pax6 in brain development and its impact on pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder

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Targeted massively parallel sequencing of autism spectrum disorder-associated genes in a case control cohort reveals rare loss-of-function risk variants

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KDM5A mutations identified in autism spectrum disorder using forward genetics

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What we can learn from a genetic rodent model about autism

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Genes with high penetrance for syndromic and non-syndromic autism typically function within the nucleus and regulate gene expression

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Gene Set Enrichment Analysis of Interaction Networks Weighted by Node Centrality

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MACROD2 gene associated with autistic-like traits in a general population sample

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A Revolutionizing Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Microbiome

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Thirty Years’ History since the Discovery of Pax6: From Central Nervous System Development to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Copy‐number variation in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder

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AutDB: a platform to decode the genetic architecture of autism

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NEXMIF/KIDLIA Knock-out Mouse Demonstrates Autism-Like Behaviors, Memory Deficits, and Impairments in Synapse Formation and Function

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Genotator: A disease-agnostic tool for genetic annotation of disease

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Genetic mechanisms of regression in autism spectrum disorder

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Transcriptomic analysis of genetically defined autism candidate genes reveals common mechanisms of action

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Patient-derived iPSC-cerebral organoid modeling of the 17q11.2 microdeletion syndrome establishes CRLF3 as a critical regulator of neurogenesis

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RNA‐binding proteins involved in RNA localization and their implications in neuronal diseases

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Genetics studies indicate that neural induction and early neuronal maturation are disturbed in autism

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Neuronal genes deregulated in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome respond to removal and re-expression of cohesin

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Thalamocortical organoids enable in vitro modeling of 22q11.2 microdeletion associated with neuropsychiatric disorders

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SFARI genes and where to find them; modelling Autism Spectrum Disorder specific gene expression dysregulation with RNA-seq data

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of the postnatal developing primate brain transcriptome

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Genetic aetiologies for childhood speech disorder: novel pathways co-expressed during brain development

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Mapping cis-regulatory elements in human neurons links psychiatric disease heritability and activity-regulated transcriptional programs

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Behavioral and neuroanatomical approaches in models of neurodevelopmental disorders: opportunities for translation

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Abnormal Levels of Metal Micronutrients and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Perspective Review

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Animal model integration to AutDB, a genetic database for autism

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Species-Specific Changes in a Primate Transcription Factor Network Provide Insights into the Molecular Evolution of the Primate Prefrontal Cortex

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Autism-Associated DNA Methylation at Birth From Multiple Tissues Is Enriched for Autism Genes in the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation

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Autism-specific PTEN p.Ile135Leu variant and an autism genetic background combine to dysregulate cortical neurogenesis

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Functional and clinical studies reveal pathophysiological complexity of CLCN4-related neurodevelopmental condition

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Specification of human brain regions with orthogonal gradients of WNT and SHH in organoids reveals patterning variations across cell lines

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Resources available for autism research in the big data era: a systematic review

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Biomedical knowledge graph embeddings for personalized medicine: Predicting disease‐gene associations

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Mutation analysis of the NRXN1 gene in autism spectrum disorders

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