Hannah Furfaro was a news writer at Spectrum from 2017 to 2019. Before that, Hannah was an investigative reporting fellow at Columbia University. She previously worked at The Wall Street Journal, The Fresno Bee and the Associated Press. Her work has also appeared in The Guardian and Audubon Magazine.
Aripiprazole, marketed as Abilify, is widely thought to be safer than risperidone, the only other drug approved for use in autistic children. A decade’s worth of data suggests that is not true.
Many people with autism have difficulty falling and staying asleep, but there may be ways to help them.
Nerve fiber tracts in the brains of autistic girls appear more fragmented than those of typical girls’. Autistic boys’ brains, meanwhile, look like those of typical boys.
Annie Ciernia describes the greenhouse origins of her scientific career and why a unicorn makes a good lab mascot.
Researchers have created a microscopic particle that traps immune molecules found in a woman that are linked to autism in her child.
After a clinical research career, an interlude at Apple and four months in early retirement, Raphe Bernier found joy in teaching.
After a clinical research career, an interlude at Apple and four months in early retirement, Raphe Bernier found joy in teaching.
The genetic variants initially affect brain development in unique ways, but over time they converge on common molecular pathways.
The genetic variants initially affect brain development in unique ways, but over time they converge on common molecular pathways.
Brain levels of the agouti gene determine whether African striped mice are doting fathers—or infanticidal ones.
Brain levels of the agouti gene determine whether African striped mice are doting fathers—or infanticidal ones.