Signs of anxiety in infancy may foreshadow autism
Fearfulness and shyness in babies and toddlers predict features of autism at age 7, according to a new...
News Archive
The latest research, clinical and policy news from the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute (ANDI) and its affiliated faculty.
Blocking key enzyme eases memory problems, anxiety in autism mice
Blocking an enzyme called ERK prevents some unusual behaviors and brain structure in mice missing a...
Reward-system differences may underlie multiple autism features
The brain’s system for sensing pleasure and reward shows unusual activation patterns in people with...
Conditions that accompany autism, explained
More than half of people on the spectrum have four or more other conditions. The types of co-occurring...
Gene editing via nanoparticles may treat autism syndromes
Scientists have for the first time successfully delivered the gene-editing tool CRISPR into mouse...
Rat squeaks may reveal autism gene’s role in communication
Rats with a mutation in CACNA1C, a gene linked to autism, make fewer happy squeaks while playing than...
Autism mutation alters balance of gut bacteria in mice
Mice with a mutation in a top autism gene called SHANK3 have altered levels of certain gut bacteria, a...
Mutations in autism gene may trigger milder effects than does its loss
People with mutations in SHANK3 have intellectual disability and other features of Phelan-McDermid...
Some autism traits may show up later in girls than in boys
Girls with autism traits have fewer problems with social communication than boys do early on, but their...
Autism brains show widespread alterations in structure
The brains of people with autism show a variety of structural differences from those of controls,...
To get an autism diagnosis, girls need worse social skills than boys
Girls with an autism diagnosis have more severe impairments in social communication than boys with the...
Use of certain social strategies linked to anxiety in autism
Children with autism often have trouble understanding others’ thoughts, and some may compensate for...
Girls with autism at high risk of sexual abuse, large study says
Many women with traits of autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report having been...
Rise in U.S. autism prevalence stems mainly from ‘mild’ cases
The bulk of the increase in autism prevalence the United States between 2000 and 2012 can be...
Infant seizures, maternal meds top list of risk factors for autism
Epilepsy in infancy and the use of prescription medications during pregnancy are the strongest of 29...