Problems with falling and staying asleep are common in autism, and they may be due in part to leaks in the blood-brain barrier, according to a new study in fruit flies.

Young autistic children with sleep troubles tend to have difficulty regulating their behavior later in childhood.

In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, researchers rebut a controversial epidural study, test out autism assessments in toddlers and give the okay for multilingualism in autistic children.

Fruit flies with low expression of a gene linked to neurodevelopment have disrupted sleep, poor memory and altered social behavior.

Children with dup15q syndrome may have telltale patterns of brain activity during sleep and get less non-REM sleep than neurotypical children do.

Mutations in autism-linked genes lead to a variety of changes in brain activity, sensory perception and sleep-wake cycles in zebrafish.

An fMRI scan can reconstruct a picture from a person’s brain activity, but that image changes depending on a person’s attention.

Many people with mutations in the NCKAP1 gene have autism or autism traits, according to a new study spanning seven countries.

Mice missing an autism gene groom themselves more than usual and have altered circadian rhythms after nighttime exposure to light.

The brainstem controls such disparate functions as breathing, sensation and sleep — all of which can be altered in autism.