The Brain

A new analysis hints at the source of the rampant inconsistency among brain imaging studies in autism: significant differences among study sites.

A new map of the fetal brain during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy reveals the brain’s complex network of connections.

Researchers have monitored the active genome in brain organoids over the course of nearly two years — and may find clues to autism’s roots.

The mutation that causes Angelman syndrome makes neurons hyperexcitable, which may explain the frequent seizures that most people with the syndrome have.

Electronic neurons made from silicon mimic brain cells and could be used to treat conditions such as autism.

An immune molecule produced during a fever improves sociability in three mouse models of autism.

A magnetic scanner fitted within an ordinary bicycle helmet may make it easier to visualize autistic children’s brains.

A shortage of CUL3, a leading autism gene, may impair social behavior in mice by ramping up protein production in neurons.