A newly discovered biological chain reaction explains how high levels of a common brain chemical can lead to cellular ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism.

A hidden molecular chain reaction in the brain may push key cellular systems into overdrive in autism—and scientists just found a way to switch it off.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back suggestions by President Donald Trump and other administration ...

Children with autism have larger brains and more neurons for their age than is normal, results of a small preliminary study indicate. Postmortem examinations from seven boys with autism revealed that ...

Six months ago, the federal government loudly proclaimed the likely benefits of an existing drug called leucovorin for ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...

Autism likely has deep genetic roots, but the latest research provides hope that some learning techniques can lessen symptoms of the developmental disorder. In children with the mildest cases of ...