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Mouse studies show 'inhibition' theory of autism wrong
A detailed study of four mouse models of autism challenges the most common assumption about what goes wrong in brain circuits to cause disease symptoms.
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Researchers uncover molecular mechanisms linked to autism and schizophrenia
Since the completion of the groundbreaking Human Genome Project in 2003, researchers have discovered changes to hundreds of places in the DNA, called genetic variants, associated with psychiatric diseases such as autism spectrum ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Scientists pinpoint pathway that impacts features of autism
A team of scientists at Florida Atlantic University has uncovered a brain-signaling pathway that can be pharmacologically manipulated in genetically engineered mice to reverse an autism-related pathway. Using an investigational ...
Oct 8, 2018
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CRISPR editing reduces repetitive behavior in mice with a form of autism
Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism symptoms in mice with a form of fragile X syndrome, the most common known single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder.
Jun 25, 2018
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How children look at mom's face is influenced by genetic factors and altered in autism
New research has uncovered compelling evidence that genetics plays a major role in how children look at the world and whether they have a preference for gazing at people's eyes and faces or at objects.
Jul 12, 2017
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Researchers find autism biomarkers in infancy
By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with autism, scientists were able to correctly identify 80 percent of the babies who would be subsequently diagnosed with autism ...
Feb 15, 2017
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Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms
Autism has diverse genetic causes, most of which are still unknown. About 1 percent of people with autism are missing a gene called Shank3, which is critical for brain development. Without this gene, individuals develop typical ...
Feb 18, 2016
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Researchers investigate altered neural computation in autism
(Medical Xpress)—In recent decades, autism diagnoses have dramatically increased in prevalence, and people with autism in the United States are now believed to number one in 68. Correspondingly, an increasing number of ...
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Research suggests people with autism may have an impaired predictive ability
(Medical Xpress)—People with autism might live in a "magical world" in which it's impossible to know what will happen next. Richard Held of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues have hypothesized that ...
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Blood-oxytocin levels in normal range in children with autism
Autism does not appear to be solely caused by a deficiency of oxytocin, but the hormone's universal ability to boost social function may prove useful in treating a subset of children with the developmental disorder, according ...
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