Neurology

Boys with autism have smaller heads, are shorter and weigh less at birth than their typical peers do—but all that changes by age 3, a new study suggests

Behavior intervention therapy can work as well as medication, without the risk of side effects

The incidence has skyrocketed since the disorder was first described in 1943, but much of that increase is misleading

A growing body of evidence links the neurodegenerative disease to the gastrointestinal tract, opening new possibilities for treatment

That was the ruling by the editors of the authoritative Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 2013, but it remains controversial

Low levels of vasopressin linked to social behavior differences

It’s not the condition; it’s Hans Asperger, who wasn’t the first to describe it in any case, and whose research was influenced by Nazism

Study proposes novel sleep theory, but whether it can explain infant death syndrome remains less clear

Rising awareness of the condition’s characteristics may contribute to an increase in reporting 

Scientists want to combat dementia and neurodegeneration by keeping the brain’s immune system from going rogue

The findings go against previous studies that suggest mutations are inherited from mothers