Spectrum is now The Transmitter
The Spectrum team recently launched The Transmitter, a new publication for the neuroscience community that offers news and analysis of the field, written by journalists and scientists.
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Welcome to The Transmitter
by Ivan Oransky
/13 November 2023
We aim to deliver insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and propel research forward.
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On the periphery: Thinking ‘outside the brain’ offers new ideas about autism
/13 April 2023
Neuronal alterations outside the brain may help to explain a host of the condition’s characteristic traits, including sensory changes, gut problems and motor differences.
The promise of telehealth in autism diagnoses
/15 February 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic forced a reckoning, in which autism clinicians had to redefine best practices and expand how children are evaluated. The remote assessments they developed may help solve a persistent problem: the long wait families endure to get a diagnosis in the United States.
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