The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...

Specific neurons that secrete the neuropeptide oxytocin in the brain are disproportionately disrupted in a mouse model of ...

RIKEN neuroscientists found oxytocin-secreting neurons are selectively impaired in an autism mouse model, affecting social ...

Figure 1: Parkinson’s disease primarily affects neurons in the brain that produce dopamine (depicted here). Now, RIKEN researchers have found that selective vulnerability of neurons also applies to a ...

This is one of 22 cutting-edge projects selected to share in a total of $8.1 million in grants raised through the Eagles ...

Parkinson's disease primarily affects neurons in the brain that produce dopamine (depicted here). Now, RIKEN researchers have found that ...

PENINSULA, Ohio (WOIO) - A second grader student with autism was allegedly harassed by a classmate in the bathroom at a local school. His mom told 19 News the ordeal she says her son went through.

Dr. Eric Levine’s cutting-edge autism research at UConn School of Medicine is reprogramming the donated skin or blood cells ...

Autism is diagnosed based on behaviors that vary greatly among individuals, often overlapping with other conditions, making accurate diagnosis challenging. The study focuses on a mouse model of ...