Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

My 23-year-old son Gus, who is autistic, is a study in contradictions. He can’t put together a sandwich and yet plays a song on the piano after hearing it once. He travels all over New York City on ...

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

New research links the disorder to abnormal brain development. Nov. 8, 2011— -- A new, small study provides a tantalizing clue to the causes of autism, suggesting that children with the disorder ...

As a mom who's waded through endless neurodivergent and autism theories, I've learned to approach new research with a healthy dose of skepticism. But this gut-brain connection autism research from USC ...

Some autistic traits related to challenges with social interaction, mental flexibility and visual perception could be alleviated through a new, noninvasive therapy. A team of researchers, including ...

The US government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism, despite limited evidence that it works.

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects the ability to interact and communicate. It may have symptoms that are similar to those seen in some brain injuries. Autism spectrum disorder ...