A team of scientists has applied ‘Brainbow’ — a popular tool for painting individual brain cells of lab animals in distinct colors — to the human brain.

The numbers and types of neurons that dampen brain signals vary by brain region and sex.

Two studies back the link between autism and maternal inflammation, other work weakens worry about antidepressant use in pregnancy, and a harassment scandal rocks a university’s cognitive science department.

A new database contains high-fidelity brain maps of 10 typical adults.

Children with autism who take certain medications have different patterns of brain connectivity than do unmedicated children with the condition.

Babies who are later diagnosed with autism may show aberrant connections between some brain regions in their first year of life.

Transcranial treatment may bolster memory in adults with autism, inflammatory molecule may alter an emotional brain region in newborns, and examining ants could yield insights into autism

Studies of infants at risk for autism have not yielded a test to predict who will eventually be diagnosed. But they have transformed our understanding of the condition.

Music therapy proves ineffective for autism, brain structures differ with 16p11.2 duplications and deletions, and mice missing NLGN3 may influence the sociability of their littermates.

New software transforms mouse brain scans into a virtual brain that scientists can manipulate.