A research team has unveiled the cause and molecular mechanism of chronic brain inflammation that results in repetitive behavioral disorders. The research team demonstrated that an inflammatory ...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a ...

There may be a simple way to help spot signs of autism early on in siblings of children with the disorder, new research suggests. The study, which included 184 children at high risk of autism, found ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

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A South Korean research team has uncovered how brain inflammation affects synapses—the connections between nerve cells—and what causes repetitive behaviors. This discovery is expected to provide new ...

In children with autism, repetitive behaviors and gastrointestinal problems may be connected, new research has found. The study found that increased severity of other autism symptoms was also ...