Dampening overactive brain circuits alleviates social and memory problems in a mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Most toddlers who screen positive for autism do not receive the recommended referrals for follow-up tests or therapies.

Francis X. Shen, a researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and the law, says scientists must include information about study participants’ income, education and race in their findings.

Nearly half of autistic children may show substantial changes in the severity of their autism traits from ages 3 to 6, according to a new study.

Mutations in both copies of a gene called ACTL6B lead to autism, epilepsy and intellectual disability.

A trove of DNA sequences from 141,456 people — and counting — offers an unparalleled look at genetic variation.

Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.

Children with autism have trouble learning that faces convey information, which may explain their tendency to miss social cues.

One in five autistic people may have synesthesia, a crossing of the senses. Studying synesthesia in autism may deepen our understanding of both conditions.

Brothers and sisters of people with autism are both about two to three times more likely than the general population to have an autistic child themselves.