Male monkeys that avoid touching, grooming or playing with others have low brain levels of the hormone vasopressin.

A 2013 initiative to find biological roots for mental health diagnoses still has broad appeal, but has not produced a dramatic shift in autism research.

Watch the complete replay of Shafali Jeste discussing her work investigating brain structure and function in infants at high risk for autism. 

A large dataset that catalogs the features of many brain conditions could transform the quest for biomarkers of autism.

An algorithm that decodes and quantifies mouse body language could reveal the brain circuits underlying certain autism features.

Despite social media rumors, a British children’s television show does not cause autism; childhood anesthesia is not tied to autism risk; and an adult on the spectrum reaches a haunting milestone

The male-dominated sex bias in autism is reversed in a related syndrome, a researcher’s gender could influence her study’s outcome, and an award-nominated ad featuring a young man with autism draws criticism.

Watch the complete replay of James McPartland discussing the need for clinically useful biomarkers for autism.

Autism prevalence plateaued for the years 2014 to 2016, a review finds no evidence that herbal therapies for autism work, and a panel of four proteins in blood may distinguish children with autism.

This year’s list of top papers highlights nuances in the genetics of autism and new leads on early treatment.