Research assistant Katie McCullough holds up a mouse for Jake Litvag, 16, to see inside a Washington University lab where doctors are using the mice and Jake’s genes to study a rare form of autism ...

The behavioral disorders observed in autism are associated with a multitude of genetic alterations. Scientists from the Hector Institute for Translational Brain Research (HITBR) have now found another ...

A new study found that the drug lamotrigine, used to treat epilepsy and stabilize mood in people with bipolar disorder, worked to stop behaviors like hyperactivity that are linked to autism in mice, ...