The Brain

The investigational drug arbaclofen makes autistic people’s brains respond to a visual task more like non-autistic people’s brains do.

‘SNT’ helps researchers sift through microscope images to reconstruct and analyze neurons and their connections.

Activity patterns of neuronal networks link different genetic subtypes of autism that have similar traits, according to new unpublished research.

Children with highly folded and curved brains in utero tend to show autism-linked behaviors at 18 months of age, according to a longitudinal brain-imaging study.

Certain antibodies may shape neurodevelopment by attaching to and invading new neurons in the brain.

A delayed brain response to viewing faces may predict lags in social-skill development in autistic people.

The investigational drug arbaclofen may right an imbalance between inhibitory and excitatory signaling in the animals’ brains.

People who experience an autism-specific form of anxiety also tend to have an unusually small amygdala, a brain region associated with emotion processing and fear, according to a new unpublished study.

Blocking connections between the amygdala and hypothalamus prevents mice from finding social interactions as rewarding as they would otherwise.

A genetic therapy and an existing drug both restore typical brain size in mice missing DYRK1A, a top autism candidate gene, in the cerebral cortex, a new study shows. The animals typically have smaller brains than controls.