Pasca Lab specializes in growing three-dimensional organoid models from reprogrammed stem cells, which capture molecular changes during fetal brain-like development. Because the human brain cannot be ...

Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

Autism Spectrum Disorder is rooted in neurological development, not behaviour or parenting. A pediatric neurologist explains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study reveals rapid evolution of common brain neurons may explain autism’s high prevalence in humans (CREDIT: Shutterstock) What ...

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 ...

Currently, there is no way to diagnose children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) until behavioral traits begin to show at around 24 months of age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Scientists at Stanford have found that hyperactivity in the brain’s reticular thalamic nucleus may drive autism-like behaviors. In mouse models, drugs and neuromodulation techniques that suppressed ...

Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

It's not every day that someone brings a hand-sewn Big Bird costume to a research appointment at the UC Davis MIND Institute.