For the first time, scientists have found a chemical in the brain that may be linked to autism. The discovery comes out of Harvard University, where a team of researchers had subjects complete a ...

Autism has, since its discovery, confounded doctors and psychologists. But a breakthrough by Harvard, just announced, might be the beginning of a long road to understanding autism and, ultimately, ...

Patients with autism may have altered visual processing, which could serve as an objective, nonverbal neural marker of the disorder, new research suggests. Using electroencephalography (EEG), ...

Contrary to previous research, γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A) receptors are not deficient in the brains of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although GABA signaling may be functionally ...

Although astrocytes are as prevalent in the brain as neurons, their role in neural processing remains less explored. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and ...

NHMRC ECR Fellow in Autism, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Children with autism are often described as “visual learners” and said to “think in pictures”. Accordingly, ...