Copy number variations linked to autism have diverse but overlapping effects
People with mutations in distant chromosomal regions often share a range of autism traits, even if they do not meet the diagnostic threshold for autism.
People with mutations in distant chromosomal regions often share a range of autism traits, even if they do not meet the diagnostic threshold for autism.
Children with autism may have a subtly different set of bacteria in their gut than their non-autistic siblings do.
Some social behaviors associated with autism are heritable, but the extent to which genes and the environment influence these behaviors changes as a child grows.
Ami Klin wants researchers, clinicians and policymakers to think of autism as something inborn that only predisposes a child to certain traits. Early intervention can change the course of development.
Autism with intellectual disability is less heritable than autism alone, according to a new study of how the conditions run in extended families.
Newborns with either above- or below-average levels of an immune-system marker, among other differences, have increased odds of being autistic.
Two new analyses help to explain why mutations to the chromosomal region 16p11.2 can lead to autism, intellectual disability or language difficulties.
A new wireless device switches oxytocin-producing neurons on and off in mice as they interact, showing the hormone’s effects depend on social context.
Researchers and clinicians need fast, effective tools to measure quality of life in autistic people.
Nearly two dozen autistic people or their caregivers in 19 countries told Spectrum how the initial weeks of the pandemic have challenged and changed them.