The theory behind leucovorin's use for autism postulates that some children have a blockage in the transport of folic acid into the brain that potentially contributes to neurological symptoms.

As Elmo explained on 60 Minutes, it’s not personal: “It’s just that Julia has autism. So sometimes it takes her a little longer to do things.” Autism doesn’t always look the same for ...

For instance, cells in the hippocampus (the brain's memory system) can make use of neural noise to enhance memory encoding and recall. Evidence for high neural noise in autism can be seen in ...