AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 26, 2019·5 min readMeasuring mutations in sperm may reveal risk for autism in future childrenSpontaneous mutations in a father's sperm may be linked to autism spectrum disorder in their offspring. UCSD researchers have developed a new method of quantifying the mutations and assessing the likelihood that the mutations will contribute to ASD.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 6, 2019·3 min readHow gene mutation causes autism and intellectual disabilityGenetic mutations in Usp9X results in the brain growing fewer synapses during development. The mutation also causes hyperactivity and an increased risk of anxiety. The findings shed new light on the cause of autism and other intellectual disabilities.Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 26, 2019·4 min readAutism-related genetic mutations occur in aging brains of Alzheimer’s patientsGenomic autism-related ADNP mutations were found in postmortem olfactory bulbs and hippocampi of Alzheimer's patients.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·November 19, 2019·7 min read‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autismProsopagnosia, 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.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 7, 2019·2 min readAutistic adults thought they were ‘bad people’Many people on the autism spectrum who were not diagnosed until later in life grew up believing they were "bad people."Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 1, 2019·3 min readPeople with autism have a more symmetrical brainThe left and right brain areas are more similar in those with ASD. Reduced asymmetry was identified in cortical thickness across various brain regions in those on the autism spectrum.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·October 28, 2019·5 min readCan watching movies detect autism?Tracking gaze patterns in children as they watch videos of social interactions is an accurate way to detect almost 50% of autism cases, a new study reports.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceAutismFeaturedNeuroscience·October 23, 2019·5 min readDrug combination reverses hypersensitivity to noiseSummary: Treating mouse models of autism with modafinil and EBIO reduced hypersensitivity to noise. Source: MIT People with autism often...Read More
AutismFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·October 21, 2019·4 min readNew therapeutic strategy may help reverse autism behavioral abnormalitiesGenetically silencing mTORC2 in mouse models prolonged lifespan, suppressed seizures, increased long-term memory, and reduced autism-like behaviors.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·October 21, 2019·2 min readAutism spectrum disorder risk linked to insufficient placental steroidWhen the hormone allopregnanolone (ALLO) abruptly decreases or stops during pregnancy, children are more likely to develop autism. Researchers report a single ALLO injection during pregnancy can avert the brain abnormalities and social behaviors associated with ASD in experimental mouse models of autism.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 17, 2019·4 min readFirst evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autismExamining postmortem brains of ASD patients, researchers discover an accumulation of immune cells surrounding blood vessels in the brain. They also found blebs accumulating around blood vessels that contained astrocyte debris. The findings suggest autism may be an autoimmune disorder.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 11, 2019·4 min readResearcher uses sweat monitors to predict behavioral issues in adolescents severely affected with autismElectrodermal activity, which results in an increased level of sweat, was able to determine when an adolescent with server ASD was about to embark on aggressive behavior 60% of the time.Read More
