Spectrum: Autism Research News

Repeating bits of the genome may be responsible for nearly 3 percent of the genetic architecture of autism.

With pandemic restrictions lifting, many researchers are cautiously returning to work.

Dampening overactive brain circuits alleviates social and memory problems in a mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.

Jack Gilbert is teasing out how microbes transform their home environments, from the comfort of his own.

Children with social difficulties are more likely than those without to develop problems with eating by age 14.

Organizers of the International Society for Autism Research’s annual meeting will host digital offerings on 3 June.

Correcting an autism gene mutation in fetal mice lessens some autism-like behaviors after birth.

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes may play a greater role in brain development than previously thought.