The Brain

About 6.5 percent of autistic people in the United States also have dyslipidemia, a condition characterized by abnormal lipids levels in the blood.

A new atlas lays bare how synapses, or the junctions between neurons, change from birth to old age in mice.

A computer program aligns mouse brain images with a reference brain atlas, helping researchers analyze neurons and their connections in a standardized way.

Nearly all genes with moderate to strong ties to autism are expressed in the developing amygdala; a few show altered expression in the amygdalae of autistic people.

Babies with telltale patterns of electrical activity in the brain have pronounced autism traits as toddlers.

Brain structure of autistic people with deletions in the chromosomal region 22q11.2 differs from that of autistic people without the deletions.

A new wireless device switches oxytocin-producing neurons on and off in mice as they interact, showing the hormone’s effects depend on social context.

The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.