Wenbao Gan describes the technique he has devised to track the development of neurons in live mouse brains.

A technique for detecting gene expression that detects short RNA messages is better suited than traditional methods for analyzing postmortem brain tissue, according to a study published 10 September in BMC Genomics.

Today marks the second annual Autistics Speaking Day, when people turn to social networks to raise autism awareness.

A five-minute online questionnaire can diagnose autism with as much accuracy as the so-called gold standard diagnostic tests, according to unpublished findings presented Tuesday at the Autism Consortium 2011 symposium in Boston.

Three common laboratory chemicals are all scientists need to create see-through brains ideal for visualizing complex neural circuits.

A $10 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation is funding a five-year project to develop new technologies that can help clinicians diagnose and treat autism.

Researchers have engineered four new mouse lines that each show activation of a different subset of neurons in response to a blue light.

A new technique allows researchers to make stable modifications to neurons by incorporating modified amino acids into the proteins of stem cells. The method permits researchers to investigate neuronal function in live, intact cells.

With a few screen projectors, a pair of three-dimensional glasses and an 8-foot cubicle, researchers have transported adolescents with autism into shaky virtual worlds and discovered that they have surprisingly stable posture.

Some computer hackers are pleading their autism diagnosis to avoid jail time.