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Study Challenges Idea that Students with Cognitive Disabilities can’t be in STEM

April 21, 2021
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Portland, OR — A new Portland State study challenges the idea that youth with cognitive disabilities are unable or lack potential to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In...

Autism Gene Study Finds Widespread Impact to Brain’s Growth Signalling Network

April 9, 2021
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Jupiter, FL — Damage to the autism-associated gene Dyrk1a, sets off a cascade of problems in developing mouse brains, resulting in abnormal growth-factor signaling, undergrowth of neurons, smaller-than-average...

Biomarkers in Mother’s Plasma Predict a Type of Autism in Offspring with 100% Accuracy

January 26, 2021
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Davis, CA — Using machine learning, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have identified several patterns of maternal autoantibodies highly associated with the diagnosis and severity of autism. Their...

Managing the Microbiome Raises New Hope for Autism

November 16, 2020
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Tempe, AZ — According to the Centers for Disease Research, 1 in 54 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) each year, and the number has been rising. The disease causes perplexing,...

Deep Learning Helps Explore the Structural and Strategic Bases of Autism?

September 24, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — Psychiatrists typically diagnose autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by observing a person’s behaviour and by leaning on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...

Guilt by Dissociation: Study Sheds Light on Serotonin in Autism

September 2, 2020
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Boca Raton, FL — Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States of 1 in 59 children with a well-established 4:1 male predominance. Individual costs for...

Autism-Cholesterol Link

August 18, 2020
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Boston, MA — Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University have identified a subtype of autism arising from a cluster of genes that regulate...

Autism Researchers Map Brain Circuitry of Social Preference

July 15, 2020
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Jupiter, FL — Some individuals love meeting new people, while others abhor the idea. For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such...

New Gut-Brain Link: How Gut Mucus Could Help Treat Brain Disorders

May 29, 2020
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia — Mucus is the first line of defence against bad bacteria in our gut. But could it also be part of our defence against diseases of the brain? Bacterial imbalance in the...

Study Identifies Group of Genes with Altered Expression in Autism

May 18, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Autism has long been associated only with behavioural and environmental factors, but the role of genetics in its development is now increasingly evident. Some 100 genes have been...

Autism in Males Linked to Defect in Brain Immune Cells, Microglia

April 15, 2020
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Jupiter, FL —Many cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may result from problems in immune cells that normally work to trim back unneeded brain connections in early life, suggests a new study led...

Single Mutation Leads to Big Effects in Autism-Related Gene

April 3, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — A new study in Neuron offers clues to why autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more common in boys than in girls. National Institutes of Health scientists found that a single amino acid...

A Molecule That Directs Neurons

March 25, 2020
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Trento TN, Italy — The habenula is a small region at the centre of the brain, but is crucial for people’s lives. It is made up of groups of nerve cells that control the “neurotransmitters”...

Could Targeting Alzheimer’s-Associated Protein Prevent Autism?

March 3, 2020
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San Francisco, CA — Autism manifests in myriad forms. Symptoms and severity vary from person to person, but all autism spectrum disorders share three core symptoms: impaired social interactions, communication...

Autism Eye Scan could Lead to Early Detection

February 24, 2020
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Adelaide, Australia — A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier than currently possible. The non-invasive eye scan utilises a hand-held device to find a pattern of subtle...

Researchers Find Synchronization of Memory Cells Critical for Learning and Forming Memories

February 7, 2020
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Durham, NH — The phrase “Pavlov’s dogs” has long evoked images of bells, food and salivating dogs. Even though this tried-and-true model of repetitive patterns mimics a variety of...

Study Challenges Assumptions About Social Interaction Difficulties in Autism

January 29, 2020
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Richardson, TX — Autism is characterized in part by an individual’s challenges communicating and interacting socially with others. These difficulties have typically been studied in isolation...

Research Reveals Soybean Oil Causes Genetic Changes in the Brain

January 17, 2020
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Riverside, CA — New UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, and...

Autism and ADHD Share Genes

November 26, 2019
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Aarhus, Denmark — Researchers from the national psychiatric project iPSYCH have found that autism and ADHD share changes in the same genes. The new knowledge relates directly to the biological causes...

‘Face Blindness’ may Involve a Failed Brain Network, and could Shed Light on Autism

November 19, 2019
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Boston, MA — People with prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” have trouble recognizing faces — even those of close friends and family members. It often causes serious social problems,...

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