Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely ...

(Discovery Access/Getty Images) Autism is a complex condition that can affect different people in very different ways. While ...

New brain imaging research suggests autism may include two distinct biological forms potentially improving understanding of ...

Researchers have identified at least two biologically distinct subtypes of autism, each defined by opposite patterns of brain ...

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 identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A research team led by ...

A new study reveals how certain gut bacteria may influence brain development and lower the risk of early signs linked to ...

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. Their work helps ...

OUR understanding of autism has come a long way, and increasingly, studies suggest there’s not one single type of the ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects the ability to interact and communicate. It may have symptoms that are similar to those seen in some brain injuries. Autism spectrum disorder ...

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely unclear. A new study published in Nature, led by Gaia Novarino at the Institute ...