A comprehensive new study suggests that females require a much larger biological and cognitive shift to develop autism than males do. The findings help explain why the condition is diagnosed ...

This recently released study could help researchers to better understand the causes of autism in children.

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and intellectual disability may influence early brain development. Subscribe to our ...

Explore the latest findings in autism research that highlight the importance of brain tissue for understanding neurodevelopmental conditions.

UNIGE scientists identified a brain circuit where lies the origin the social difficulties experienced by people with autism spectrum disorders. From birth, human survival depends on the ability to ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

A hidden molecular chain reaction in the brain may push key cellular systems into overdrive in autism—and scientists just found a way to switch it off.

A new U.S. autism research panel is examining potential causes of autism, sparking debate over science, policy, and the ...

The symptoms of autism may not be obvious until a child is a toddler, but the disorder itself appears to begin well before birth. Brain tissue taken from children who died and also happened to have ...

Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the “1,300-day window”- the months before conception through a child’s second birthday. Studies show nutrition and lifestyle during this period ...