Can brain mapping detect autism

A breakthrough method in brain mapping may help us further understand ... meaning scientists can only investigate the projections of about ten cells in a single experiment. Image source ...

Iryna Spodarenko / GettyWe’ve come a long way in our understanding of autism since it was first used as a clinical description in 1943. Scientists have identified some of the genes that seem to play a ...

New discoveries published by Boston College researchers could help identify the causes of Autism Spectrum ... simulations of what the brains would look like if they did not have ASD. “We found that ...

Like a lot of people with autism, Jeff Hudale has a brain that’s really good at some things. “I have an unusual aptitude for numbers, namely math computations,” he says. Hudale can do triple-digit ...

Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science ... assistant professor has received a National Institutes of Health grant to map the brain in an effort to detect Alzheimer’s disease ...

Scientists have identified some of the genes that seem to play a role, and have developed therapies that can improve ... is aiming to find all the dots in the autistic brain and connect them ...

While earning her bachelor's degree in psychology from the Brandywine campus, Penn State graduate Rebecca Slomowitz quickly discovered her passion for child development and instinctively knew she ...

Genetic factors could help explain why the ‘social hormone’ failed to benefit autistic people in a phase 3 clinical trial last year.