By analyzing two large rsfMRI datasets from the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE I and II), they identified three dimensions of brain-behavior relationships. These dimensions corresponded ...

neurons—and how these differences may affect their vulnerability to conditions like autism and schizophrenia. Among the neural circuits that let our brain process information, brain cells known ...

The team's research was funded by the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and the New Jersey Council for Autism Spectrum Disorders. "This study is a step forward in understanding the genetic and ...

Many researchers have speculated that synapses, the connections that allow brain cells to communicate, are altered in autism. Previous studies have suggested this possibility based on animal ...