Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists used a viral gene therapy to restore brain function in mice with SYNGAP1-related disorders, reducing seizures and ...

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 ...

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: ...

Researchers have recorded distinct electrical activity patterns from lab-grown brain organoids derived from people with different genetic forms of autism spectrum disorder, offering the clearest ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

Inna Fishman and Rowena Ng place electrodes on the scalp of an individual with Williams syndrome. In Brain Sense, I tell the story of thirteen-year-old Charlie Betz (not his real name). Charlie has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back suggestions by President Donald Trump and other administration ...

Why is autism more common in men? A new study identifies the MDGA1 gene mutation and the protective role of estrogen in females.

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain disorders known as SYNGAP1-related disorders, or SRDs. Researchers were able ...

Researchers reveal that adults with autism show brain patterns for body part perception similar to typical adults, despite behavioral differences Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental ...