Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

The three-hit model, developed from more than a decade of systems biology research, proposes that autism develops when three ...

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum ...

There appears to be a global divide in autism. The US is in the midst of a ballooning autism crisis, with one in every 31 children now said to be suffering from the condition, among the highest rate ...

Evolutionary changes that gave humans the ability for complex thought may also help explain the origins of autism, a study suggests. The research indicates that as a certain type of brain cell evolved ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the ...

A unique pattern of brain organization may explain why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often possess superior math skills. A small brain imaging study showed that children between the ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

Brian Lee, PhD, an associate professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, was quoted in a May 22 article in The Scientist about a large twin study in Sweden finding that the contributions of ...

Well, it's official. We are living through a pandemic. Most of us have never experienced anything like this before and are feeling concerned and overwhelmed. Since many states across the U.S. (and ...