When GABA targets are activated, visual processing for people on the autism spectrum becomes more like that of non-autistic people.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Biomarkers Linked to Autism Risk Identified
Researchers identified molecular signatures of gestational inflammation that appear to be biomarkers for autism risk. The immune signatures were identified in both maternal blood samples during pregnancy and in umbilical cord blood from children later …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: When Mom Talks, Are Infants With ASD Listening?
Infants and toddlers on the autism spectrum who showed the poorest neural responses to motherese, or baby-talk by parents, also displayed the most severe social symptoms, poorest language outcomes, and greatest impairments in behavioral preference and …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism Can Be Identified as Early as the First Year of Life
Study reveals symptoms of autism can be detected within the first year of a child’s life, and early detection can help with interventions that may significantly reduce the severity of lifelong developmental deviation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism-Linked Gene, if Deleted, Results in Less Myelin
The deletion of the autism-associated Tbx1 gene results in slower cognitive processing and decreased myelin in mouse models.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Research That Potentially Links Autism and Brain-Gut Microbiome
A new review of almost 200 publications suggests the gut microbiota may play a critical role in modulating brain function, social behavior and other symptoms of autism.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Autism Marker Discovered in Kids
Children with autism have abnormally low levels of the CNTNAP2 protein. The protein, which can be detected in cerebrospinal fluid samples, may serve as a new biomarker for autism and could potentially become a target to treat epilepsy that is commonly …
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Choline Transporter in the Brain Is Necessary for Tuning Out Unneeded Information
The choline transporter protein regulates habituation to smells in fruit fly brains.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Hope for People Living With a Genetic Cause of Autism
Gene editing may provide hope for the treatment of Fragile X, the leading genetic cause of autism.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Human Brain Development Study Sheds Light on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
A new investigation into interneuron development sheds light on how disorders associated with neurodevelopment, such as autism and schizophrenia may occur.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How AI Could Help Screen for Autism in Children
A new machine-learning algorithm could help practitioners identify autism in children more effectively.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Youth With Autism Should Be Screened for Abnormal Cholesterol Levels
Researchers found those on the autism spectrum with low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or decreased ApoA1 levels had lower adaptive functioning than others with ASD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Discover Biological Mechanisms Caused by Deficits in High-Risk Autism Gene
Rare variants of the autism-associated ANK2 gene alter the architecture and organization of neurons, potentially contributing to autism and neurodevelopmental comorbidities.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism Diagnosis by 2.5 Years of Age Leads to Dramatic Improvements in Social Symptoms
Children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum by the age of 2.5 were three times more likely to exhibit improvements in core social symptoms than those diagnosed later.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Gut Microbiota Differences Seen in People With Autism May Be Due to Dietary Preferences
A new study suggests the differences in the gut microbiome associated with autism may be a result of restricted dietary preferences, which are a common feature of ASD, rather than a cause of autism symptoms.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Are Epilepsy and Autism Linked?
A common underlying defect in the formation of neural circuitry may contribute to the development of both autism and epilepsy, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Flame Retardants Cause Brain Changes in Mice Offspring
Female mice exposed to PBDEs, a type of flame-retardant found on everyday household items, pass on the chemicals to their developing offspring. In female offspring, this can cause alterations in social memories and behaviors which are reminiscent of hu…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study of Heart Defects and Autism Finds New Causative Genes
A study of genetic data from people with autism and congenital heart disease identified 23 genes associated with heart disease. 12 of the genes were previously unknown.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neurons With Too Many Synapses Is a Hallmark of Specific Form of Autism
Researchers have identified a specific form of autism marked by the presence of an excessive amount of synapses in the cerebral cortex. The abnormality may be linked to aberrant mTOR protein activity, a regulator of synapse production.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Maintaining Balance in the Brain
Reducing tau can prevent abnormal brain activity associated with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, and epilepsy.
