AutismFeatured·November 6, 2013·4 min readNew Study Identifies Signs of Autism in the First Months of LifeUsing eye tracking, researchers discover children who later go on to be diagnosed with Autism showed declining attention to other people's eyes from the age of two months.Read More
AutismFeatured·May 21, 2012·2 min readOxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With AutismOxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children with Autism Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine...Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 7, 2017·4 min readPinpointing Sensory Links Between Autism and SynaesthesiaResearchers report both people with synaesthesia and those on the autism spectrum share similar heightened sensory sensitivity.Read More
AutismFeatured·January 24, 2013·3 min readPrenatal Inflammation Linked to Autism RiskNew research suggest a possible link between inflammation during early pregnancy and an increased risk of autism in children.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·January 28, 2013·3 min readProtein Family Linked to Autism Suppresses the Development of Inhibitory SynapsesA study shows another family of proteins linked to neurodevelopmental disorders regulates the function of neuroligins and neurexins in order to suppress the development of inhibitory synapses.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 1, 2013·2 min readResearcher Discovers New Regulatory Autism GeneResearchers report RORA, a novel candidate gene for autism, regulates a large number of other genes associated with ASD.Read More
AutismFeatured·January 31, 2013·4 min readResearcher Uncovers Potential Cause, Biomarker for Autism and Proposes Study to Investigate TheoryBased on prior findings, researchers propose that depressed levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) in the blood of newborns could potentially serve as a biomarker for the later development of autism.Read More
AutismFeaturedPsychology·July 17, 2012·4 min readResearchers Find Evidence of Link between Immune Irregularities and AutismA new Caltech study suggests that specific changes in an overactive immune system can indeed contribute to autism-like behaviors in mice, and that in some cases, this activation can be related to what a developing fetus experiences in the womb.Read More
Autism·April 4, 2012·3 min readResearchers Help Reveal Complex Role of Genes in AutismMulti-center study hones in on two genes as likely risk factors. Mutations in hundreds of genes involved in wiring the...Read More
AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 11, 2013·3 min readResearchers Provide the First Comprehensive and Prospective Characterization of a Genetic Subtype of AutismResearchers provide new evidence for the severity of motor, intellectual and speech impairments in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, a sub-type of autism characterized by a mutation of the SHANK3 gene.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 2, 2012·3 min readResearchers Report Success in Treating Autism Spectrum DisorderUsing cyclocreatine, researchers successfully treated an autism spectrum disorder known as creatine transporter deficiency in a mouse model of autism.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 15, 2012·3 min readResearchers Reveal New Mechanism Behind More Male AutismResearch into two sex hormones released by the testes of male fetuses and boys may help solve the mystery of why autism is much more common in boys than girls.Read More
