Cognition and behavior: Study suggests categories of autism
People with autism may belong to one of four distinct categories based on their medical history, according to a study published in the October Autism Research.
People with autism may belong to one of four distinct categories based on their medical history, according to a study published in the October Autism Research.
Parents and siblings of people with autism have abnormal eye movements and score higher on tests evaluating traits associated with the disorder.
A drug that interferes with a biochemical pathway important in cancer can reverse some brain defects in mouse models of fragile X syndrome, according to a study published 11 August in the Journal of Neuroscience.
An imaging study widely interpreted as heralding a diagnostic brain scan for autism is more preliminary than popular media reports would indicate, according to experts familiar with the work.
A study of a rare form of epilepsy found in Amish groups adds heft to the idea that mTOR — a much-studied hub in a massive network of brain cell proteins — is an important biochemical player in autism.
A new study upends the controversial notion that autism clusters among Somali immigrants are a result of vitamin D deficiency.
We know that carrying one specific DNA variant can increase your risk of autism. What if you carry two?
The proposed connection between premature birth and autism may be more complicated than it seems, according to a new report. Early birth may not cause classically defined autism but, rather, may predispose children to autism-like symptoms that are part of a larger syndrome, the researchers say.
Deletions or duplications of chromosomal segment 16p11.2 — previously reported as a key autism region — are seen in people with developmental delays and speech and behavioral problems, but not necessarily autism. That’s the finding from two large studies published last week of people carrying these rare genetic variations.
Although the head overall is bigger in some children with autism, researchers have found more informative differences in size — some smaller, some larger — across regions of the brain.