Signs & Symptoms

Autism and epileptic seizures often go hand in hand. What explains the overlap, and what does it reveal about autism’s origins?

A single seizure early in life leads to enduring behavioral problems, including diminished sociability, in mice.

Mouse models of two genetic conditions related to autism show abnormalities in their movement patterns.

A new algorithm accurately separates highly similar people into subgroups based on their brain activity — and could do the same for autistic people.

Injecting cells called interneurons into the brains of a mouse model of autism restores typical social behavior. But the reason for this effect is a puzzle.

The social brain has a sweet spot that activates when people look each other in the eyes but not when they look at eyes in a video.

A molecule made by mitochondria, the energy factories of cells, might help doctors forecast the impact of mutations in a top autism gene.

Brain activity patterns in the first year of life may predict autism in infants at high risk for the condition.