When there are fewer dendritic spines, fewer synapses are formed, and brain cells struggle to communicate properly. This ...

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

For decades, autism has been described as a spectrum - an elastic term that stretches from nonverbal children to adults with doctorates.

New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

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

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

A gene linked to mental disorders helps lays the foundation for a crucial brain structure during prenatal development, according to Salk Institute research published January 14, 2016 in Cell Reports.

Researchers have made great strides to understand early signs of autism. Studies have found that certain factors like ...

New research links the disorder to abnormal brain development. Nov. 8, 2011— -- A new, small study provides a tantalizing clue to the causes of autism, suggesting that children with the disorder ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...