A long-term study by UC Davis Health researchers sheds new light on the relationship between autism traits and mental health in middle childhood. The paper, published in the journal Autism, finds that ...

New animal research is raising provocative questions about whether a simple mix of everyday nutrients can dramatically dial down core autism-like behaviors. The findings, while early and limited to ...

When considering how mild autism spectrum disorder appears around the age of 5, it is generally understood to manifest in ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects every individual differently. Scientists have identified more than a thousand genes associated with ASD, yet no single gene accounts for most cases. This has ...

Autism is diagnosed roughly three times more often in boys than in girls, one of the largest sex imbalances seen among ...

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Males are more than four times more likely to receive an autism diagnosis than females. But a new study by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine has found no clinical differences in autistic ...

The results of a preclinical study led by UCLA Health researchers suggest that inflammation during pregnancy in mice can trigger autism-like brain and behavior changes in offspring, and that the ...

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A recent study found no evidence that circumcising newborn boys increases their risk of developing autism spectrum disorder.