A team of researchers has developed a new way to study how genes may cause autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: by growing tiny brain-like structures in the lab and tweaking their DNA. These ...

Greenwich mom Tracy was searching for options to help treat her 14-year-old son's autism spectrum disorder when she met Dr. Mark Goldenberg. Goldenberg, executive director of the Brain Balance Center ...

How animals may modify their behavior depending on their context has been modeled mathematically by two RIKEN neuroscientists. Their simple but biologically plausible model could shed light on mental ...

Since the turn of the century, circumstantial evidence has accumulated for the role of imprinted genes (those only expressed from one parent) in mental illnesses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ...

Autism and Parkinson’s Disease (PD) are very different conditions. However, one common factor is the role diet plays in managing symptoms of both conditions. Why? Inflammation in the brain is found in ...

Deletion of mini-exon B in the synaptic adhesion molecule PTPδ leads to altered neural connectivity from the entorhinal cortex to the dentate gyrus (left panel). In mice lacking mini-exon B, ...

Brain Balance franchisees open specialized centers that offer a drug-free approach to address the underlying issues in most of the behavioral, developmental and learning disorders that affect many ...

The E/I ratio of children decreases with healthy development. Children with a lower E/I ratio were observed to have better performance than their peers in cognitive tests such as memory and ...

Out-of-balance thyroid hormones during pregnancy can elevate the risk of autism in children, especially if there's pre-pregnancy dysfunction. Proper management can mitigate this risk, emphasizing the ...

TAKING folic acid and multivitamin supplements during pregnancy may significantly lower the risk of autism spectrum disorder ...