Atypical development of a particular type of neuron explains the structural similarities seen in the brains of people with autism, schizophrenia and other conditions, according to a new study.

Minimally verbal autistic people do not differentiate the sound of their own name from that of a stranger, according to a new EEG study.

The brainstem controls such disparate functions as breathing, sensation and sleep — all of which can be altered in autism.

A new atlas lays bare how synapses, or the junctions between neurons, change from birth to old age in mice.

Like so many other events this year, autism’s biggest annual conference — the International Society for Autism Research meeting — was forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A computer program aligns mouse brain images with a reference brain atlas, helping researchers analyze neurons and their connections in a standardized way.

The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.

A new high-resolution atlas provides the most detailed views of mouse brain structure to date.