Study Identifies a Potential Connection to Autism Development A recent study published in The Journal of Immunology ha ...

Babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep, according to a new study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study reveals rapid evolution of common brain neurons may explain autism’s high prevalence in humans (CREDIT: Shutterstock) What ...

Firestein’s interest in autism research began long before she entered a laboratory. Raised in New York, she attended ...

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 ...

Organoids have helped create a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder affect early brain development. This work provides new insights ...

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence infant brain growth, a trait associated with autism. Researchers have made ...

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

Researchers at the University of Exeter have created a detailed temporal map of chemical changes to DNA through development and aging of the human brain, offering new insights into how conditions such ...

Improving social communication skills in children with autism has traditionally relied on structured teaching approaches and ...

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 ...