New research reveals that gut imbalances in children with autism may influence brain activity and behavior by disrupting the ...

UNIGE scientists identified a brain circuit where lies the origin the social difficulties experienced by people with autism spectrum disorders. From birth, human survival depends on the ability to ...

New research has uncovered a disrupted brain communication pathway in children with autism that impairs their ability to quickly shift attention—an essential skill for social interaction.

Intriguingly, new research points to the gut-brain axis as another factor. There is also more than one kind of autism, as reflected in the term autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Moreover ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD ... Despite ongoing research, the structural and functional brain differences between children with ASD and typically developing (TD) children remain poorly understood.