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

When there are fewer dendritic spines, fewer synapses are formed, and brain cells struggle to communicate properly. This ...

Why are women disproportionately affected by depression and anxiety, while autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more common in men? Aside from societal expectations, ...

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

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

Recent research has identified specific patterns of brain activity that distinguish young children with autism from their ...

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment in confusion. Their toddler – who was very social – did not resemble the ...

A gene linked to mental disorders helps lays the foundation for a crucial brain structure during prenatal development, according to Salk Institute research published January 14, 2016 in Cell Reports.

New research links the disorder to abnormal brain development. Nov. 8, 2011— -- A new, small study provides a tantalizing clue to the causes of autism, suggesting that children with the disorder ...