Brains are staggeringly complex. Usually, when we talk about shifting neurodevelopmental traits, we’re looking at years of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Stanford Medicine have pinpointed a brain region that may drive autism-related behaviors. They report that dialing ...

A newly discovered biological chain reaction explains how high levels of a common brain chemical can lead to cellular ...

Supplementation of nutrient cocktails containing zinc, branched-chain amino acids and serine improves social interaction in three different mouse genetic models of autism. [Ming-Hui Lin and Tzyy-Nan ...

They don't use gondolas or croon like Sinatra. But scientists have known for a long time that male mice belt out something like love songs to females when the time seems right to them. What they ...

A new study has found that early treatment with lithium can restore brain function and alleviate behavioral symptoms in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) stemming from mutations in the ...

Utilizing large-scale transsynaptic tracing, Cai et al. reconstructed 3D space of 50,168 cerebellar nuclei (CN)-projecting neurons in the thalamus, midbrain, and brainstem. They reveal significant ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...

A new mouse model of a genetically-linked type of autism reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder and the underlying brain changes associated with autism's social and learning problems.

A new animal study, published in PLoS Biology, finds that a triple-pronged supplement improves brain connectivity and social behaviour in three different mouse models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...

Stanford Medicine scientists investigating the neurological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder have found that hyperactivity in a specific brain region could drive behaviors commonly associated ...