Scientists discover “idiosyncratic” brain patterns in autism
Recent studies into Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have found a lack of synchronization (“connectivity”) between different parts of the brain…
Link found between circumcision and autism
Research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that regardless of cultural background, circumcised boys may…
Scans reveal frenzied activity inside the autistic brain
Neuroscientists say that the brains of autistic children generate significantly more information in a resting state, a discovery that helps…
Antidepressants in water induce autism-like gene expression in fish
Antidepressants and other psychoactive medications in water affect the gene expression profiles of fish in a way that mimics the…
Top chemical suspects in autism identified
US medical researchers have published their list of the top 10 chemicals believed to be implicated in autism and other…
Researchers mull bacterium’s link to autism
The bacterium Sutterella was found to be present at remarkably high levels in the gastrointestinal tracts of children with autism…
Compelling evidence for autism-antidepressant link
Rodents exposed to a common serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant just before and after birth exhibited brain abnormalities and behaviors…
Autism’s facial characteristics revealed
Researchers from the University of Missouri have found distinct differences between the facial characteristics of children with autism compared to…
IT-rich region revealed to be autism hotspot
Cambridge University researchers have found that autism diagnoses are more common in IT-rich regions, a finding that has important implications…
Mirror neuron development reversed in autistic brain
The brain’s mirror neuron system enables us to better understand and anticipate the actions of others, leading researchers to posit…
Testosterone: empathy killer
An administration of testosterone under the tongues of volunteers negatively affected their ability to “read” the minds of others, an…
Discredited MMR researcher planned business empire
Andrew Wakefield, the disgraced researcher who claimed a link between MMR vaccine and autism, planned a secret multi-national business offering…
Autism risk tripled with IVF
IVF and other assisted fertility treatments may be solving one problem by creating another, suggests a researcher from Tel Aviv…
Autism may be reversible thanks to newly identified DNA “tag”
Scientists have identified a way to detect autism with a blood sample and have discovered that drugs which affect the…
Researchers tracking autism’s roots
New research has found that in fragile X syndrome – a genetic defect that is the best-known cause of autism…
Musicians’ brains optimized to identify emotion
In research that may lead to new therapies for children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, researchers from Northwestern University have…
Researchers mull possible autism triggers
The journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has this month published a new study by Cornell University researchers that…
Uncovering Autism’s Disconnects
Scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WF) have discovered that in autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may…
Oxytocin Touted As Autism Treatment
The annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology has been told that oxytocin may have significant positive effects on…