Neurons of the embryonic subplate don’t die as scientists had thought.

LabCorp might be able to charge a licensing fee to any scientists who wish to sequence the gene HOMER1 in people who may have autism.

People whose pupils change more dramatically during a visual perception task tend to score higher on a self-reported scale of autistic traits.

Transcriptional profiling of post-mortem human brains reveals commonalities in the genes over- and under-expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and major depression. 

After years of obscurity, strains of mice with mutations in particular genes are thrust to the fore of autism research.

Responses to compounds in human sweat may help explain why people with autism spectrum disorder tend to struggle with social cues.

Researchers uncover the central role of a protein linked to Fragile X Syndrome in mice, one of the leading causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Scientists are making use of Xenopus tadpoles to study autism risk genes. 

Bacterial strains in mice’s gut microbiomes mediated their pups’ risk for developing abnormal behaviors.