A study in Biological Psychiatry provides a new understanding of brain alterations in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that may help researchers and clinicians better define the disorder.

A detailed 3D atlas of the brain in the two weeks after birth offers a window into a critical period of neurodevelopment.

This provides a benchmark (in typically developing young children) against which disorders like autism can be understood. Psychiatric disorders are due to atypical brain function, which can be ...

The researchers suspected the pathway—known as the social perception pathway—might be functional very early in development.

Researchers at the VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular Neurology have visualized how brain network development is altered in a ...

Brain growth and maturation doesn't progress in a linear, stepwise fashion. Instead, it's a dynamic, choreographed sequence ...

New research links the disorder to abnormal brain development. Nov. 8, 2011— -- A new, small study provides a tantalizing clue to the causes of autism, suggesting that children with the disorder ...

The gut brain axis is an important relationship very few people discuss or even understand. It is composed of a two-way communication system between your gut (digestive system) and your brain which ...

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has become an indispensable tool in medical imaging, providing unique insights into the physiological processes of the ...