The findings were publicized in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
13 rare gene variants associated with Alzheimer's were unveiled, providing the potential for future development of drug treatments.
Researchers examined data from more than 2,500 participants diagnosed with autism.
The study was among the few projects that received recent support from the Defence Innovation Partnership's Collaborative Research Fund.
"The structural variants highlighted by our study warrant further study and confirmation."
The study appeared in the journal PNAS.
Cardiovascular health and genes are both vital in determining the risk of dementia, according to new research in Neurology.
In the study, initiated by a team of investigators at McLean Hospital, the genetic data of close to 200,000 people were racked up as part of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-PTSD Group.
Infants may be born with the ability to distinguish musical tones, with their exhibition of skills beginning by six months of age, study finds.
The findings, appearing in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Neuroscience, was based on the genetic data of participants residing in the U.S., UK, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.