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·February 16, 2018·5 min read

Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Researchers have derived purkinje cells from patients with TSC, a genetic syndrome that includes some ASD-like symptoms. The cells, researchers say, have several characteristics that could help explain how ASD develops at the molecular level.

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·November 22, 2021·4 min read

Inadequate Sleep Is Bad for Preteens’ Brains

Inadequate sleep can harm brain organization in early adolescence, researchers report. The disorganization can have an impact on cognitive processes, including attention, memory, emotional regulation, and controlling behaviors.

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·July 29, 2021·5 min read

ADHD Drug Class Leads to Fewer Side Effects in Preschool Children

Alpha-2-adrenergic agonists appear to be effective at reducing symptoms associated with ADHD in preschool-aged children, and have fewer side effects than traditional stimulants used to treat ADHD.

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·May 24, 2021·4 min read

Regular Physical Activity Linked to Better Organized Preteen Brains

Children who embark on regular exercise have marked differences in brain structure, flexibility, organization, and have more robust neural networks than those who exercise less frequently.

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·November 19, 2019·7 min read

‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autism

Prosopagnosia, or "face-blindness", involves an entire network, not just one area of the brain. The findings may shed light on poor facial processing abilities associated with autism.

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·October 9, 2020·5 min read

The Choroid Plexus: A Conduit for Prenatal Inflammation?

Mouse study reveals the choroid plexus can act as a conduit for inflammation that can arise from maternal inflammation, impacting fetal brain development.

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·June 15, 2017·5 min read

Surprising New Link Between Inflammation and Mental Illness

A new study considers whether immune system changes in people with lupus contribute to neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with the disease.

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·June 24, 2018·4 min read

Gut Bacteria Influences Metabolism Through the Immune System

Digestive enteroendocrine cells use an innate immune pathway to respond to good bacteria by fine tuning metabolism to diet and intestinal conditions, a new study reveals.

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Single-Cell DNA Sequencing Offers a New Angle on the Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease

An abundance of newly acquired mutations in the mutations that occur at an accelerated speed is a telling pattern of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

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·February 6, 2017·7 min read

Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Deaf Mice…Down to a Whisper

Researchers use gene therapy to help restore hearing in mice down to the equivalent of being able to hear a whisper.

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·June 3, 2022·6 min read

Fetal Brain Imaging Predicts Neurodevelopment of Babies With Congenital Heart Disease

Smaller brain volume found in fetal MRI brain scans predicts the outcome of children with congenital heart disease across all domains of neurodevelopment.

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·January 12, 2019·3 min read

Using AI and Data Streams to Predict Local Flu Activity

ARGONet, a new approach that combines multiple data streams with artificial intelligence, produces the most accurate estimates of flu activity, up to a week ahead of traditional healthcare based reports.

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