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A two-belt treadmill attached to a specialized display suggests that people with autism have a distinct walking style.

A cell atlas and a cell-culture method promise to advance scientists’ understanding of the placenta and its effects on a fetus.

A new analysis of brain scans highlights variations in the cerebellum, a brain area implicated in autism.

A multicolor labeling method stains neurons brightly enough to reveal the thin connections between individual cells.

A new technique may reveal how mutations on the X chromosome alter various types of cells in the brain.

Molecules from alpacas may enable scientists to identify cell types in the brain while also revealing their interior structures.

A newly expanded database of information from people in the United Kingdom provides a detailed picture of genetic diversity.

A new method enables researchers to plot activity in the zebrafish brain’s system for spatial orientation and balance.

A new microscope creates images of a mouse embryo as it grows from a ball of about 100 cells into a structure with a primitive heart and brain.

Neurons grown from human stem cells and grafted onto the brains of live mice mature and form connections like those in the fetal human brain.