Brains of autistic people show unusual left-right symmetry
The hemispheres in autistic people’s brains are more symmetrical than those of their typical peers, but it is unclear what this difference means.
The hemispheres in autistic people’s brains are more symmetrical than those of their typical peers, but it is unclear what this difference means.
A mix of two drugs eases hypersensitivity to noise in mice missing an autism gene — offering the promise of a similar treatment for autistic people.
Mice colonized with gut microbes from some autistic boys show behaviors like those of the boys.
The relatives of autistic people often have mild traits of the condition. Studying these family members could broaden our understanding of autism.
Two imaging techniques together reveal architectural features of the brains of preterm infants.
The brains of autistic children show few differences from those of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or even of controls.
The brain’s emotion center, the amygdala, undergoes dramatic changes during the first year of life; these shifts may hold hints about its role in autism.
An experimental compound that blocks two enzymes involved in gene expression improves social behavior in young mice.
A brain region that orchestrates responses to social cues and aids decision-making may be off tempo in autism.
Patterns of brain activity in people with autism may be unusually consistent over seconds — and even years.