Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

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 ...

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

Biological heterogeneity in autism can illuminate precision psychiatry and improve insights from primate brain mapping data.

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. Subscribe to our ...

As a mom who's waded through endless neurodivergent and autism theories, I've learned to approach new research with a healthy dose of skepticism. But this gut-brain connection autism research from USC ...

Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...