Spectrum: Autism Research News

The signaling molecule’s social role in the ‘little brain’ involves Purkinje neurons in the Crus I and Crus II regions, a new study reveals.

An atypical thalamus may underlie not only sensory issues in autism but also difficulties with social skills, attention and memory.

Over the past century, scientists have used a variety of animal models to advance their understanding of the developing brain and autism.

Parallels between how birds learn to sing and how children learn to speak provide a window into the roots of language difficulties in autism.

Octopuses can solve some of the same problems as people but do so in unusual ways.

Researchers are increasingly turning to simple animals to learn about autism biology and find leads for new drugs.

A Paris-born child psychiatrist, Fombonne has advanced bold positions on the cause, prevalence and nature of autism during a career spanning four countries.

Muffling expression of an autism-linked gene in a key song-related area of the brain renders young zebra finches unable to learn songs from older birds.

Children with autism may have a subtly different set of bacteria in their gut than their non-autistic siblings do.

Treatments for Rett syndrome that aim to boost levels of the protein MECP2 may not help everyone with the condition.