Treatments

In children with autism, star-shaped brain cells may release inflammatory molecules that harm neurons.

Nine U.S. clinics are pooling their data to create a registry of people who have an extra copy of a region on chromosome 15 called 15q11-13, a genetic abnormality often found in people with autism.

A drug that has shown promise for treating fragile X syndrome may ease features of another condition associated with autism.

The longer a child receives applied behavioral analysis, the greater her gains in language, daily living and other skills.

Delivering a fragment of the Rett syndrome gene MECP2 into neurons eases features of the syndrome in a mouse model.

Some drugs used to treat epilepsy may harm children who are exposed to them in the womb or through breast milk.