In A Nutshell Key autism genes identified primarily in people of European descent showed up at comparable rates in more than 4,700 Latin American individuals with autism, suggesting the core genetic ...

A new study, co-led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published March 30 in Nature Medicine, ...

Can zebrafish help find autism treatments? Scientists used pharmaco-behavioral profiling to identify FDA-approved drugs, like ...

The genetics of autism has long been one of the most intricate puzzles in neurodevelopmental science. Today, the pieces are coming together more rapidly than ever before. Landmark projects such as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sam Brandsen's son was diagnosed with autism at 18 months. (Sam Brandsen) (Sam Brandsen) People who learn they have autism after ...

Autism has a significant and enduring sex bias, with roughly four boys diagnosed for every girl. For many years, experts have ...

Autism spectrum disorder is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with challenges that can vary widely in how they affect each individual. But there’s been plenty of misinformation in the news and on ...

Over the past decade, scientists have identified numerous genetic variants that confer substantial risk for autism and other ...

In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism subtypes, which can be differentiated by genetic features. These clinically ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

Large-scale genomic analysis of Latin American cohort supports universal genetic architecture of autism and advances equity ...