Treatments

A new tool calculates the chances of having a seizure in pregnant women who have epilepsy.

Lovastatin, a drug that lowers cholesterol levels, prevents memory and learning problems in a rat model of fragile X syndrome.

Mice that lack a segment of chromosome 22 — a mutation associated with autism — have unusually sparse connections between brain regions.

A new method restores blood flow and some functions in pig brains four hours after the animals have died.

Mice colonized with gut microbes from some autistic boys show behaviors like those of the boys.

The ability to learn from social experiences wanes by adulthood, at least in mice — but the recreational drug ecstasy may bring it back.

A panel of autism scientists and advocates is charged with a tall order: making recommendations for the care of autistic people worldwide.

Researchers say they are unimpressed with a study that underpins a tech company’s new digital therapy for autism.