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

When there are fewer dendritic spines, fewer synapses are formed, and brain cells struggle to communicate properly. This ...

Scientists at Harvard University, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and MIT have developed a technology to investigate the function of many different genes in many different cell types at once, ...

Recent research has identified specific patterns of brain activity that distinguish young children with autism from their ...

Mixed autism with developmental delay: Roughly 19 percent showed early developmental delays but few signs of anxiety, ...

Those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face numerous challenges and deficits. These include social communication, stereotyped repetitive behaviors, and "executive function," or the constellation of ...

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 ...

In the past few years, scientists have been working hard to understand mental health conditions like autism, schizophrenia, ...

Hermantown's Caravel Autism Health, the area's newest behavioral health facility, is already working to help children with autism learn basic skills to help them interact with others. The clinic's ...

Study reveals multilingual children with autism show stronger cognitive skills and social communication, highlighting the potential benefits of multilingual exposure. Study: Multilingualism impacts ...