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Siblings of autistic children, like those with the condition, tend to have faces that are more masculine than average.

A new analysis hints at the source of the rampant inconsistency among brain imaging studies in autism: significant differences among study sites.

The number of top autism genes has risen from 65 to 102, based on an analysis of more than 35,000 sequences. And researchers are seeing the first hints of autism risk variants in the regions between genes.

The bulk of the increase in autism prevalence stems from a growing awareness of the condition and changes to the diagnostic criteria.

Researchers have monitored the active genome in brain organoids over the course of nearly two years — and may find clues to autism’s roots.

People with autism have more brain-related health problems, such as headaches and epilepsy, than typical people do.

The mutation that causes Angelman syndrome makes neurons hyperexcitable, which may explain the frequent seizures that most people with the syndrome have.

A child’s environment exerts a strong influence on the severity of her autism, a study of identical twins suggests.

Some men who have an autistic child carry mutations linked to the condition only in their sperm.

Few of the most popular early treatments for autism are supported by strong evidence, according to two new studies.