Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have identified a neural circuit defect in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that affects the ability to redirect attention, an ...

By tracking autism-relevant behaviors associated with cerebellar–prefrontal cortical circuits, the researchers also found that neural circuits from the posterior vermis and the rCrus1 region of ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice — key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this ...

Conditional knockout of PTEN from SOM neurons leads to elevated fear and anxiety phenotype. Credit: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2025.1597131 ...

Neural Rigidity in Autism Autism affects the integration of diverse neural information and is characterized by rigidity in global brain dynamics. Prior research (e.g., Watanabe et al., 2019) finds ...

Forty volunteer adults with level 1 ASD (the lowest severity on the three-level ASD scale) took part in the study, participating in multiple experiments over a 24-week period.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Newborn brain scans reveal how autism-related genetic variants influence early neural wiring, offering fresh insights into the origins of neurodevelopmental differences ...

Autism spectrum disorders are genetically complex, and hundreds of genes are implicated in their development. As a result, some may conclude that autism is a collection of disconnected disorders ...