New research shows autism and ADHD may share brain and gene patterns, changing how we understand both conditions.

Once upon a time, science worked on the assumption that there was such a thing as a “normal” brain that neatly conformed to society. Those who were different might be diagnosed with an illness or ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have grown a novel whole-brain organoid, complete with neural tissues and rudimentary blood vessels—an advance that could usher in a new era of research into ...

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 ...

Can zebrafish help find autism treatments? Scientists used pharmaco-behavioral profiling to identify FDA-approved drugs, like ...

Autism’s links to other brain disorders may extend beyond Alzheimer’s, with some studies pointing to a higher risk of ...

The concept that a person can be both autistic and struggle with mental health disorders is relatively new in the social sciences. This is due in part to the historical practice of housing autistic ...