Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) comparing adults with high-functioning autism and above-average IQ to control subjects revealed decreased glutamate signals in the area of the bilateral pregenual ...

Autism has been in the news a lot this past week. The big story is a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the prevalence of autism in the United States. Using data ...

A missing copy of a region in chromosome 16, a mutation associated with autism, will always cause a 25-point drop in IQ, scientists say. Will the deletion cause autism every time? Not necessarily.

People with autism have a wide range of symptoms, with no two people sharing the exact type and severity of behaviors. Now a large-scale analysis of hundreds of patients and nearly 1000 genes has ...

Children with autism have memory challenges that hinder not only their memory for faces but also their ability to remember other kinds of information, according to new research from the Stanford ...

NEW YORK, NY (December 22, 2014) -- People with autism have a wide range of symptoms, with no two people sharing the exact type and severity of behaviors. Now a large-scale analysis of hundreds of ...