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BrainMaps.org Neuron nuance: Some studies find extra neurons in autism brains, and others find fewer, compared with controls. Three decades of research on anatomical changes in the brains of individuals with autism has yielded few if any consistent...

In March of 2014, geneticist Dr. Wendy Chung gave a brief TED presentation titled “Autism--What We Know (and What We Don't Know Yet),” discussing the role of genetics in the development of autism spectrum disorder. We know this subject can be a bit technical...

The paper by Ya Wen and colleagues [1] (open-access available here) caught my attention recently with the suggestion that: "ASD [autism spectrum disorder]-associated genes may contribute not only to core features of ASD themselves but also to vulnerability...

A gene-interaction network represents how genes in the human brain function together in cellular pathways. Using these network data, researchers were able to predict whether a gene was associated with autism. The network was built by computationally...

 Project works to build a genetic database to help researchers unlock disorder’s secrets When Laura Beth Johnston’s son Fraiser was diagnosed with autism in December 2014, she said it was a “daunting diagnosis.” “There is no ‘how-to manual’ for raising...