Autism genes abound in DNA regions involved in learning
The same processes that enable the brain to store new memories may also control many autism genes.
The same processes that enable the brain to store new memories may also control many autism genes.
Male rats missing an autism candidate gene called SHANK3 spend less time sniffing, nuzzling and chasing their peers than controls do.
Researchers have generated two new databases that catalog which genes are expressed in specific brain cells.
Roughly one in five children who has an extra piece of chromosome 7 also meets the criteria for an autism diagnosis.
As the list of autism candidate genes grows, some mouse models of the genes turn up in long-forgotten studies.
A fusion of two existing drugs alleviates autism-like features in a mouse model of the condition.
The prevalence of autism in the United States remained relatively stable from 2014 to 2016, according to a new analysis.
Children with mutations in a gene called DYRK1A, a leading autism candidate, have a distinct set of features, including intellectual disability, speech delay, motor problems and a small head.
Anxiety can assume unusual forms in people with autism — turning uncertainty, or even a striped couch, into a constant worry. New tools may help identify these hidden fears.
Honey bees that fail certain social tests have genetic profiles similar to those of people with autism.