A unique pattern of brain organization may explain why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often possess superior math skills. A small brain imaging study showed that children between the ...

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

The expression levels of certain genes that track with brain activity vary between people with autism and their non-autistic peers, according to a new study. Many of the affected genes code for ...

Autism spectrum disorder is caused by a variety of factors, both genetic and environmental. But a new study led by UCLA scientists provides further evidence that the brains of people with the disorder ...

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

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...