r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 08 '25

Neuroscience Specific neurons that secrete oxytocin in the brain are disrupted in a mouse model of autism, neuroscientists have found. Stimulating these neurons restored social behaviors in these mice. These findings could help to develop new ways to treat autism.

https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20250207_1/index.html
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u/BonJovicus Feb 09 '25

I swear to god why do people come to r/science to be so anti-science? 

For starters you clearly didn’t read the paper because more broadly they are looking at neural circuits that influence behavior. The premise is well established and is generally applicable outside of autism. 

Bold of you to assume none of the scientists are autistic or that anyone is making any assumptions here. I guarantee you these scientists probably understand better than some random redditor that studying biology in a mouse has caveats and is not 100% directly applicable to humans. 

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u/bigasssuperstar Feb 09 '25

Swear to god.