Each morning, Katie woke up and began playing with her dolls. She didn’t talk; she just played—for hours on end. And when her parents interrupted, the five-year-old often became angry and destructive. Katie has autism, and her parents, who live in a small western Iowa town, are 90 miles from the closest behavioral services. In desperation, they signed up for a University of Iowa study that connected them to video coaching they could use to better manage their daughter’s frustrations.

Loss of metabolic enzyme in mouse brains impairs long-term spatial memory

Ted Abel co-authors study that finds epigenetics key to laying down spatial memories in mouse brain, providing possible new neurological medications.