The Brain

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

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

A new high-resolution atlas provides the most detailed views of mouse brain structure to date.

A new flexible electrode array can detect the activity of neurons in a rat’s brain at high resolution for more than a year.

The overproduction of proteins in brain cells called microglia causes social impairments, cognitive deficits and repetitive behavior in male mice, a new study has found.

A new, minimally invasive technique allows researchers to activate neurons in the brains of mice and monkeys by using a light source located outside of the head.

Brain imaging data reveal sex differences in regions linked to social contact.

Star-shaped cells called astrocytes may play a greater role in brain development than previously thought.

Many genes in a brain region implicated in autism change expression patterns in late fetal development, depending on differences in neighboring DNA.