Here is what you need to know. There are no objective tools for diagnosing autism such as blood tests or brain scans. Instead ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, analysed brain scans of over 500 newborn babies – 236 girls and 278 boys – ...

Cambridge researchers found that sex differences in brain structure exist from birth, with males having more white matter and ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition characterized by atypical behavior and communication. Autism ...

Neurodiversity advocates have long argued that autistic brains are differently wired. Now, new evidence shows they are right. Researchers have found atypical numbers of brain cells in two key ...

An international team of scientists are to set to use thousands of MRI brain scans from research teams around the world in a ...

Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown.While ...

Yumnah Khan, a PhD student at the Autism Research Centre, who led the study ... The Cambridge team tackled this by analysing data from the Developing Human Connectome Project, where infants receive an ...

especially when it comes to brain disorders such as autism spectrum disorder. Not surprisingly, samples are hard to get. Despite the great need for brain tissue, donations remain rare and aren't ...

HOW IS AUTISM DIAGNOSED? There are no objective tools for diagnosing autism such as blood tests or brain scans. Instead, diagnoses are made based on observations and interviews. The term spectrum ...