Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Autism researchers at the University of Washington are seeking parents who will allow them to do brain scans of their infants. The scans are part of a national autism study. The ...

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

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

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

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

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 ...

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