A new study gives direct and clear new evidence that autism begins during pregnancy.
Problems with memory formation, social interactions and higher level thinking in people with autism may be partially attributed to the activity of receptors in the brain, a new study suggests.
A social feedback loop is created when verbal interactions take place between parent and child. This loop is important for language development, but is experienced less frequently and is diminished in strength for children with Autism.
Fragile X syndrome occurs due to a mechanism which turns off the gene associated with the disorder, a new study reports.
A new study reports a statistically significant decrease in patients being diagnosed with ASD by clinicians using the new DSM-5.
New research settles how the brain makes sense of actions it witnesses others performing in daily life.
A single dose of oxytocin can enhance brain activity while processing social information in children with autism, a new study reports.
Researchers find exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk of developing autism in those which a specific genetic disposition to the disorder.
Researchers discover abnormalities in cortical projection neurons during the development of the prefrontal cortex are a significant factor in the emergence of autism.
The neurons in the amygdala of ASD patients have reduced sensitivity to the eye region of other people's faces, a new study reports.
Using eye tracking, researchers discover children who later go on to be diagnosed with Autism showed declining attention to other people's eyes from the age of two months.
Researchers discover three specific drugs affect three different kinds of neurotransmitter receptors which all appear to play roles in Fragile X.
