This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

What they found: Scientists at UC San Diego identified cellular metabolism and energy signaling as a central factor connecting all known genetic and environmental autism risk factors. The 3-hit model: ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Biological heterogeneity in autism can illuminate precision psychiatry and improve insights from primate brain mapping data.

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.