Brain scans of autistic kids are frustratingly normal despite profound deficits.

However, until now, no study had clearly mapped how body parts are represented in the brains of adults with autism or whether that organization differs from normal or typically developing (TD) adults.

A team of researchers has identified for the first time the mechanism linking a mutation in the Shank3 gene with alterations ...

These variations are linked to autism. TBM allows the researchers to distinguish normal biological variations in brain structure from those associated with the deletions or duplications.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have pinpointed a brain region that may drive autism-related behaviors. They report that ...

A new study reveals how a mutation in the Shank3 gene, associated with autism, alters social behavior by disrupting vasopressin release in the brain.

L anguage 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 ...

Unique patterns of brain organization may explain why children with autism often have superior math and problem-solving skills compared with healthy peers with similar IQs.

Stanford researchers found that hyperactivity in the reticular thalamic nucleus drives autism-like behaviors in mice. Treating with Z944, an experimental epilepsy drug, or using neuromodulation ...

Overactivity in the reticular thalamic nucleus was shown to cause autism-like behaviors in mice. Drugs that reduce this ...