UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder affect early brain development, providing new insights ...

Autism spectrum disorder affects males far more frequently than females, with diagnoses occurring roughly four times more often in boys. Scientists have long suspected that females may possess ...

Autism spectrum disorder is complex; it presents differently in different patients, and the causes are still unclear, even though hundreds of small changes in gene sequences have been linked to an ...

Scientists looking to understand the fundamental brain mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder have found that a gene mutation known to be associated with the disorder causes an overstimulation of ...

Organoids have helped create a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder affect early brain development. This work provides new insights ...

Autism spectrum disorder, also known simply as autism or ASD, is a developmental disorder that can vary widely from one patient to another. It can affect how people behave, socialize, or communicate ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a representative neurodevelopmental condition with four times as many patients among males as females. Academia has long hypothesized a 'female protective effect,' ...

A series of experiments reveal that a germline mutation of the enzyme topoisomerase II B affects the movement of proteins in the nuclei of cells with this mutation The processes of DNA replication and ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Dozens of different gene defects are linked to autism, according to two major new studies that involved more than 50 laboratories worldwide. The mutations — which may work alone or ...

Autism spectrum disorder affects males far more frequently than females, with diagnoses occurring roughly four times more often in boys. Scientists have long suspected that females may possess ...