1% of patients registered in a health initiative carry at least one rare gene variant linked to an increased risk of a neuropsychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. One third of those with a variant had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
Following microbiota transfer therapy, researchers found improvements in microbial taxa and genes implicated in microbial pathways associated with improved behavioral and physical symptoms of ASD.
A newly discovered cell-specific molecular network associated with ASD could lay the groundwork for finding an effective treatment for those with autism.
Food allergens can affect your brain and behavior if you are hypersensitized, even if you don't suffer from typical food allergy symptoms.
Researchers have developed a new mixed reality game that can help children on the autism spectrum to develop better motor skills.
Those on the autism spectrum are more likely to consider the body and mind to be one, while those not on the autism spectrum are more likely to believe the body and the mind are separate entities.
The autism-linked Gabrb3 gene appears to shape the formation of both normal and atypical neural connections in the brain.
Study reveals a signaling pathway that controls the formation of synapses between pyramidal neurons and inhibitory neurons expressing the parvalbumin protein.
The TOP2a gene controls a network of genes that contribute to ASD. Drugs that suppress TOP2a during development can turn on a cluster of other genes that disrupt brain development and increase autism risks. Alterations to the TOP2a gene may be responsible for the social behavioral difficulties associated with ASD.
A gene associated with autism overstimulates brain cells far greater in neurons without the mutation.
Disrupted neurotransmission via nicotinic acetylcholine receptors during fetal development results in an impaired preference for animate objects similar to autism in chick models.
Novel PET imaging probes will show real-time brain activity that occurs during disease progression in autism and Alzheimer's disease.