The brains of people with autism show a variety of structural differences from those of controls.

Brain networks in newborns may reflect the degree of inflammation their mothers experienced during pregnancy.

Four new imaging techniques published over the past few months enable researchers to easily visualize cells and other features in tissue slices and living brains.

New evidence links autism and cerebral palsy at the genetic level, facial expressions tend to mislead, and many health conditions accompany autism.

A greater proportion of 3-year-old girls than boys with autism have psychiatric features such as anxiety and moodiness.

People with autism use different brain regions than typical people do to distinguish between the scents of familiar and unfamiliar individuals.

Part of the brain’s outer layer thins too quickly with age in boys with autism, but not in girls with the condition.

A new neuroimaging device that is worn like a helmet enables researchers to map the functional activity of a person’s brain as she moves her head.

The brains of men with autism may have a mosaic of features from both genders.

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