Female rats exposed to the pesticide chlorpyrifos show little interest in social interaction.

Newborn mice missing a copy of the autism candidate gene TBX1 squeak in overly simple sequences when beckoning their mothers.

An app designed for Google Glass aims to help children with autism recognize emotions, and Sesame Street introduces its first muppet with autism

An infusion of estrogen increases activity in the brains of male zebra finches when they hear their own or others’ songs.

Pregnant mice exposed to the antidepressant fluoxetine have pups with autism-like behavioral impairments.

Springer pulled 64 studies over faked peer reviews, and positive clinical trial results are hard to find.

Living with a large cagemate can cause mutant mice to demonstrate autism-like behaviors that researchers may misinterpret as originating from the mutation, according to a study published 15 April in Physiology of Behavior.

A new computer program can quickly and accurately characterize bird songs and mouse squeaks — showing, for example, that mouse pups with an autism-linked mutation call out for their mothers differently than normal mice do.