Spectrum: Autism Research News

Voles reared primarily by their fathers show altered synapse density.

A standard questionnaire can help identify social (pragmatic) communication disorder more readily in school-age children.

After a brain transplant of reprogrammed human cells, the animals can for the first time recapitulate some neuronal changes seen in people with fragile X syndrome.

Treating cognitive inflexibility — for example, by practicing problem-solving — might help ease anxiety and depression in autistic people.

An advanced DNA-sequencing technique has identified gene-damaging mutations, some with ties to autism, in about 1 in 15 men.