The motion perception difficulties seen in people with fragile X syndrome, a leading cause of autism, may stem from a faulty visual circuit.

Mapping the effects of autism mutations on mouse brain circuits may reveal subtypes of the condition in people.

Researchers have charted billions of synapses in the mouse brain and sorted them by type.

Deep brain stimulation is not an approved treatment for autism but has helped some people with extreme obsessions and other severe traits. Host Ben Kuebrich investigates one success story.

An electrical brain implant all but erased the obsessions that had consumed Becky Audette, years after her autism diagnosis. Could similar implants help other people with severe autism?

Looking at the brain as a whole suggests that nudging flawed sets of neurons to collaborate better might alleviate autism traits.

How many cell types does the brain contain? Two new mouse studies bring scientists closer to the answer.

David and Bernardo Sabatini, brothers born just a year and a half year apart, invent their way to answering big questions about autism.

Novel sensors enable researchers to monitor the activity of two signaling chemicals in the brains of living fruit flies and mice.

The absence of several interacting genes may underlie the developmental problems seen in people missing a segment of chromosome 16.