Neuroscience research on Autism has shown how misoprostol interferes with neuronal cell function. Read More
University of Bristol researchers have prevented a major breathing complication of Rett syndrome. Patients with Rett syndrome sometimes experience abnormal breathing, breath holding and other breathing problems that can lead to asphyxiation, brain damage and even be fatal. This new research show that by increasing aminobutyric acid and stimulating specific serotonin receptors in the brain, life threatening symptoms of breath arrests were abolished. Read More
World Autism Awareness Day is here. April 2, 2011 marks the fourth annual World Autism Awareness Day. To help build... Read More
Researchers from the CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) have identified a new gene that predisposes people to both autism and epilepsy.... Read More
NIH-funded study demonstrates feasibility and effectiveness of conducting systematic screening during well-baby check-ups A five-minute checklist that parents can fill... Read More
Discovery points to a common cause for multifaceted disease For decades, autism researchers have faced a baffling riddle: how to... Read More
From the Petri dish into a living organism, for the first time U-M scientists observe key aspects of how the... Read More
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego Autism Center of Excellence shows that brain overgrowth in... Read More
Hyperconnectivity triggered by loss of PTEN gene can be blocked by treatment with rapamycin. New research from Cold Spring Harbor... Read More
Mental illness suspect genes are among the most environmentally responsive. For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across... Read More
Student and prof. study suspected link to hyper-excitability factors in epilepsy, autism and more. A UT Dallas undergraduate’s research is... Read More
Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism,... Read More
