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When Kids’ Autistic Brains Can’t Calm Down

Neuroscience NewsApril 6, 2018

A new study sheds light on why some children with ASD also have epilepsy. Researchers report the catnap2 mutation, associated with autism, does not allow inhibitory neurons to correctly form and this can lead to an increased risk of seizures.... Read More...

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How Brain Circuits are Affected by Infections in Mothers and Newborns

Neuroscience NewsMarch 28, 2018

A new study backs up existing evidence that maternal immune activation can impact brain development in children. Researchers report immune activation during pregnancy or soon after birth can cause alterations to brain networks associated with social behavior, resulting in autism-like symptoms in the offspring.... Read More...

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Abnormal Brain Connections Seen in Preschoolers with Autism

Neuroscience NewsMarch 27, 2018

A new neuroimaging study reveals preschool aged children with ASD have significant differences in the basal ganglia network and paralimbic-limbic network in the brain compared to their peers who were not diagnosed with autism.... Read More...

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Autism Like Behaviors in Children Linked to Low Vitamin D Levels in Mothers

Neuroscience NewsMarch 26, 2018

Researchers have identified a link between low vitamin D levels in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, and autism like behaviors in their offspring. The study reveals low levels vitamin D in mothers may be associated with altered brain development that can lead to social behavioral deficits in their children.... Read More...

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Amygdala Neurons Increase as Children Become Adults; Except in Autism

Neuroscience NewsMarch 20, 2018

A new PNAS study reveals typically developing children experience neurogenesis in the amygdala as they become adults. However, for those with autism, the amygdala loses neurons as they age.... Read More...

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Autism’s Social Deficits Are Reversed by an Anti-Cancer Drug

Neuroscience NewsMarch 12, 2018

According to researchers, a low dose of the anti cancer drug romidepsin reduced social deficits in animal models of autism.... Read More...

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Genes Linked to Brain Anatomy in Autism

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 27, 2018

A new study reports specific genes are linked to differences in brain structure in children with ASD.... Read More...

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Genetic Targets for ASD Identified

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 20, 2018

A new computational method has been able to link several targeted genes to ASD.... Read More...

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Blood and Urine Tests Developed to Indicate Autism in Children

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 19, 2018

Researchers have developed new tests that could help lead to earlier diagnosis of autism.... Read More...

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Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 16, 2018

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.... Read More...

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Study Helps Map Signaling System in Brain Linked to ASD

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 9, 2018

Vanderbilt researchers have mapped a signaling system in the brain that appears to be linked to autism. ... Read More...

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Autism Genetics Study Calls Attention to Motor Skills and General Cognitive Impairment

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 8, 2018

A new study of the genetic factors associated with ASD draws attention to the impact autism can have on motor skills and cognitive function.... Read More...

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When Kids’ Autistic Brains Can’t Calm Down

Abnormal Brain Connections Seen in Preschoolers with Autism

Amygdala Neurons Increase as Children Become Adults; Except in Autism

Genes Linked to Brain Anatomy in Autism

Genetic Targets for ASD Identified

Blood and Urine Tests Developed to Indicate Autism in Children

Lab Grown Human Cerebellar Cells Yield Clues to Autism

Study Helps Map Signaling System in Brain Linked to ASD

Autism Genetics Study Calls Attention to Motor Skills and General Cognitive Impairment