It is well known that the earlier a child can be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the more effective treatment can be. This is not to say autism can be cured through earlier diagnosis, ...

Functional MRI scans,(fMRI) are an invaluable tool in assessing brain function. While the patient performs some cognitive task, the scan can show which parts of the brain are connecting and which, if ...

The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. MRI provides an important source of information for the study of autism spectrum ...

MRI of the brain may detect autism in high-risk infants before age 1. MRI scans showed that the brain size of infants grew faster between 12 and 24 months, the same time that behavioral signs of ...

Experimental research may lead to a new method to diagnose infants with autism before symptoms show. In what they say is a first-of-its-kind study, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ...

It may be possible to predict whether an infant will go on to develop autism, researchers say. Overgrowth in brain volume during the first year of life forecasts whether a child at high risk of ...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been used to detect instances of neurological disorders in patients across hundreds of studies since the first images were produced by the method in the early ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience difficulties in social communication and exhibit restricted, repetitive patterns of ...

A study published this month (August 14) in Neuron finds a link between autism and defects in synaptic pruning in humans, and also demonstrates that repairing broken pruning and autophagy mechanisms ...

Currently, there is no way to diagnose children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) until behavioral traits begin to show at around 24 months of age. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Researchers using MRI have identified structural abnormalities in the brains of people with one of the most common genetic causes of autism, according to a new study, the first major study of its kind ...

Synaptic pruning is the process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need. This usually takes place when a person is 2–10 years old. The brain contains millions of neurons ...