A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence ...

By analyzing over 213,000 developing human brain cells, researchers show that many autism risk genes act through the ECM.

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

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 ...

A new review proposes that autism arises when genetic sensitivity, early-life triggers and prolonged metabolic stress converge. The model suggests that a stalled cell danger response may disrupt brain ...

Brain cortical organoids (BCOs) created by Dr. Alysson Muotri shown in a 2019 file photo. Researchers at the University of California San Diego used stem cells from toddlers with autism and created ...

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 ...

In Naviaux’s framing, extracellular ATP acts as a danger signal that keeps cells in that defensive mode. If the signal stays high for too long, the body stays focused on protection rather than growth ...

Males are three times more likely than females to have autism. Although autism is strongly heritable, the male prevalence of autism must be due to more than just genes since autistic girls carry a ...