A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence ...

By analyzing over 213,000 developing human brain cells, researchers show that many autism risk genes act through the ECM.

The Body’s Energy System May Hold The Key To Understanding Condition, Study Shows In A Nutshell What they found: Scientists at UC San Diego identified cellular metabolism and energy signaling as a ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

A new review proposes that autism arises when genetic sensitivity, early-life triggers and prolonged metabolic stress ...

Obesity before pregnancy, not just during, may shape a child’s brain and raise the risk of autism spectrum disorder, a new study has found. Epigenetic changes in eggs triggered gene shifts linked to ...

The causes of autism are still unclear, but evidence is building that early intervention — before age 1 — may help mitigate or even prevent the developmental disorder from occurring in the first place ...

The origin of some neuropsychiatric diseases, such as autism, bipolar disorder, or depression, and certain neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, can be found in very early stages of ...

The gut brain axis is an important relationship very few people discuss or even understand. It is composed of a two-way communication system between your gut (digestive system) and your brain which ...