Mice and people missing a copy of a chromosomal region called 16p11.2 show similar patterns of weak brain connections.

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

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

The activity of the brain’s face detector, the fusiform gyrus, in response to faces is greater in adolescents with autism than it is in younger children with the condition.

Differences in sleep and circadian rhythm may distort the results of autism studies.

A new ultrasound device provides high-resolution movies of blood flow through the brains of infants.

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

Researchers are pushing the limits of brain imaging, looking at fetal brains for the earliest signs of autism.