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

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

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s ...

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

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have uncovered new insights into how brain wiring differs in ...

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

At the grocery store, a mother guides her child down the cereal aisle. Nearby, a man studies a list on his phone while a cashier rings up a customer’s order with precision. Amid these ordinary scenes, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Brand new numbers from the CDC shows another jump in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The report says the number of 8-year-olds diagnosed ...