ACAR-Funded Research
ACAR offers seed funding through its Azrieli Awards in Neurodevelopment, a competitive peer-review program for researchers undertaking innovative projects focused on autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.
Awards are granted to fundamental, clinical, and applied sciences projects that demonstrate concrete advancements in the field and improve the lives of autistic individuals and their families.
2022
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2021
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with Sebastien Jacquemont |
Investigation of brain tissue microstructure in carriers of 16p11.2 and 22q11.2 copy number variants using 7 Tesla MRI |
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with Keith K. Murai |
Generation of advanced animal models for a syndromic autism spectrum disorder |
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Elevated protein synthesis in microglia in fragile X syndrome pathophysiology |
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2020
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Evaluating the Pharmacologic Effect of Oxytocin on the Development of Childhood Autism |
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Mapping genetically-defined dopamine circuits underlying social behaviours in a mouse model of ASD |
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Interaction of immune activation and genetic ASD susceptibility in a live-imaging model of neurodevelopmental circuit dysregulation |
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Understanding the role of RNA granules in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder |
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2019
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Philippe Campeau, CHU Sainte Justine |
Determine the Role of Netrin-3 in an Autism-Like Neurodevelopmental Disorder |
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Jesper Sjöström, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University | Heterogeneity of cerebellar learning rules in Fragile X syndrome |
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Guy Rouleau, Yeming Xie, |
Identifying molecular pathways and neural mechanisms underlying rescue effects of lithium in a mouse ASD model of SHANK3 haploinsufficiency |
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2018
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Bratislav Misic, Jonathan Smallwood, Michael Milham, Richard Bethlehem, Seok-Jun Hong, Casey Paquola, |
Computational analysis of macroscale hierarchy and microcircuit imbalance in autism: a novel framework to understand phenotypic diversity and transcriptomic associations |
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Keith Murai, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University | Defining the impact of 16p11.2 microdeletions on cortical interneuron development |
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David Rudko, The Neuro |
“Out of touch”: Altered somatosensation in autism spectrum disorders |
