The Brain

The hemispheres in autistic people’s brains are more symmetrical than those of their typical peers, but it is unclear what this difference means.

A new analysis of nearly 40,000 people pinpoints 48 genetic variants that may determine the volume of certain brain areas.

A new technique allows researchers to transplant human microglia into mouse brains and better study the association between these cells and autism.

Blood vessels in the brains of more than half of autistic people have an unusually large number of T cells.

A new technique lets researchers watch brain circuits as they’re being built, starting from the individual neurons birth.

A new resource that traces individual neurons in the mouse brain may reveal how distant brain regions communicate.

Mapping brain activity in one person doing multiple tasks creates a more accurate picture of the brain than averaging the brain activity of multiple people doing a single task.

Some traits of fragile X syndrome may be due to problems with mitochondria, the cell’s energy factories.

A new imaging technique detects specific groups of firing neurons in the brains of moving mice, enabling scientists to study brain activity linked to a particular behavior.

Researchers have analyzed thousands of brain organoids derived from six autistic people, gaining the potential to rapidly screen drugs.