Mice with a genetic glitch in just one copy of SHANK3, a leading candidate gene for autism, show brain and behavioral features of the condition.

Mice lacking one copy of CHD8, a key autism gene, show signs of social deficits and broad changes in gene expression.

A tie between first-trimester ultrasounds and autism severity is tenuous at best, misnamed genes litter the literature, and neuroscientists enjoy their version of summer camp.

About 1 in 10 toddlers who have an older sibling with autism have cognitive and motor delays.

The first large population-based analysis of the prevalence of regression in autism reveals that it occurs in 20 percent of children with autism.

Manipulating MeCP2, the gene mutated in Rett syndrome, has revealed two neuron types as crucial contributors to the condition.

Adults with autism, particularly women, deliberately hurt themselves much more often than other adults do.

Scientists fret over ‘Brexit,’ a video game boosts cognitive skills in children, and studies detail the downsides of jargon.