A new study suggests that children who have autism may have more synapses in their brain than other kids. The study, published in the journal "Neuron," may also explain why the kids with autism have ...

Over-connected brains Children with autism have extra synapses in their brain due to a slowdown in the normal brain "pruning" process during development, say US neuroscientists. They found a drug that ...

Children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain, and this excess is due to a slowdown in a normal brain “pruning” process during development, according to a new study.

A variety of cell adhesion molecules that connect neurons and organize synaptic proteins promotes synapse development. Many of these adhesion molecules are linked to neurodevelopmental disorders; ...

Variants in a gene, DIXDC1, have been found to impair the development of neural connectivity. The variants, which appear to contribute to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), code for proteins that are ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience difficulties in social communication and exhibit restricted, repetitive patterns of ...

A significant debilitating factor for those afflicted with autism spectral disorders (ASD) is impairment of social communication. Now, a team of investigators from the Universities of Geneva (UNIGE) ...

Over-connected brains Children with autism have extra synapses in their brain due to a slowdown in the normal brain "pruning" process during development, say US neuroscientists. They found a drug that ...

Children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain, and this excess is due to a slowdown in a normal brain "pruning" process during development, according to a study by ...