A new method allows researchers to culture cells known as astrocytes from human brains.

Scientists should phrase their findings to be sensitive to the dignity and needs of people with autism.

Having a loved one on the spectrum has given some autism researchers a unique outlook on their work.

People with autism are more than twice as likely as their peers to die prematurely.

An unprecedented look at the activity of 223 individual neurons in the amygdala calls into question the longstanding idea that the region recognizes eye contact.

A method that maps signaling molecules in the brain may help researchers home in on areas where seizures originate.

The combination of prenatal stress and a preterm labor drug may elicit seizures and autism-like behaviors in rat pups.

Researchers have defined a new syndrome that results from carrying two mutated copies of CNTNAP2, a gene linked to autism.

Autism is not the only brain disorder that is more common in one sex than in the other.

A head-mounted device tracks both blood flow and electrical activity in the brains of moving rats.