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Loss Of Enzyme Reduces Neural Activity In Angelman Syndrome
Categorie : AutismAngelman Syndrome is a rare but serious genetic disorder that causes a constellation of developmental problems in affected children, including mental retardation, lack of speech, and in some cases, autism... ...
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Sat Mar 2010
Developmental Delay In Brain Provides Clue To Sensory Hypersensitivity In Autism
Categorie : AutismNew research provides insight into why fragile X syndrome, the most common known cause of autism and mental retardation, is associated with an extreme hypersensitivity to sounds, touch, smells, and visual stimuli that causes sensory overload and results in social withdrawal, hyperarousal, and anxiet ...
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New Proposed Changes Posted For Leading Manual Of Mental Disorders
Categorie : AutismThe American Psychiatric Association today released the proposed draft diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)... ...
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Autism's Earliest Symptoms Not Evident In Children Under 6 Months
Categorie : AutismA study of the development of autism in infants, comparing the behavior of the siblings of children diagnosed with autism to that of babies developing normally, has found that the nascent symptoms of the condition - a lack of shared eye contact, smiling and communicative babbling - are not present a ...
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Insight Into Causes Of Autism: Brain Study
Categorie : AutismScientists are a step closer to understanding how abnormalities in brain development might lead to autism and behavioural disorders. Research into Fragile X Syndrome - a genetic condition that is the leading known cause of autism - has discovered that critical phases in the brain's development may b ...
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New Clue Why Autistic People Don't Want Hugs
Categorie : AutismWhy do people with fragile X syndrome, a genetic defect that is the best-known cause of autism and inherited mental retardation, recoil from hugs and physical touch - even from their parents? New research has found in fragile X syndrome there is delayed development of the sensory cortex, the part of ...
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Seaside Therapeutics Announces Issuance Of Key Patent For Treatment Of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Categorie : AutismSeaside Therapeutics LLC announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,648,993 B2 ('993 patent), which covers methods of treating autism with group 1 antagonists of the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) pathway. An earlier related patent, U.S... ...
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Autism And Schizophrenia: Research Builds On Genetic Link
Categorie : AutismA genetic link between schizophrenia and autism is enabling researchers to study the effectiveness of drugs used to treat both illnesses. Dr Steve Clapcote from the University of Leeds's Faculty of Biological Sciences will be analysing behaviour displayed by mice with a genetic mutation linked to sc ...
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Curemark CM-AT Autism Treatment Granted FDA Fast Track Status
Categorie : AutismCuremark LLC, a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that its CM-AT autism treatment, now in Phase III clinical trials, has been designated as a Fast Track drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... ...
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Music Training Enhances Brainstem Sensitivity To Speech Sounds
Categorie : AutismAt a press briefing, Saturday, Feb. 20, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, a Northwestern University neuroscientist argued that music training has profound effects that shape the sensory system and should be a mainstay of K-12 education... ...
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Autism: The Administration Of Oxytocin Improves The Social Behavior Of Patients
Categorie : AutismAutism is a disease characterized by difficulties in communicating effectively with other people and developing social relationships... ...
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MeCP2 Goes Global - Redefining The Function Of The Rett Syndrome Protein
Categorie : AutismA paper published online in Molecular Cell proposes that Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) impacts the entire genome in neurons, rather than acting as a regulator of specific genes. Mutations in MeCP2 cause the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndrome as well as some cases of neuropsychiatric probl ...
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Hormone Study Gives Scientists A Sense Of How Animals Bond
Categorie : AutismScientists have pinpointed how a key hormone helps animals to recognise others by their smell. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have shown that the hormone vasopressin helps the brain differentiate between familiar and new scents... ...
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Discovery Of Gene Mutation Linked To Autism-Like Symptoms In Mice
Categorie : AutismWhen a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviors, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The researchers also report that a drug affecting a specific type of nerve function reduced the obsessive beha ...
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Neuroscientist Steers Research Into Neurological Disorders
Categorie : AutismScientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered a vital clue into how the brain is wired, which could eventually steer research into nervous system disorders such as Parkinson's disease and cognitive disorders including autism. It's long been known that growing nerve fibres, also known a ...
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Launching Of New Genetic Test For Cause Of Intellectual Disability
Categorie : AutismFor the second time in as many months the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has signed a licensing agreement with US-based Athena Diagnostics Inc. to market a new genetic test. The test was developed by CAMH scientist Dr. John Vincent as well as independent clinical researcher Dr. Muhamm ...
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The Coalition For Vaccine Safety Calls For Congressional Hearings On Federal Agencies' Failure To Provide Adequate Safety Research
Categorie : AutismIn a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of House and Senate Committees charged with oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Coalition for Vaccine Safety (CVS) is calling for hearings to investigate HHS, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other government ag ...
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In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, A Mother's Sensitivity May Help Language Growth
Categorie : AutismA new study by researchers from the University of Miami shows that maternal sensitivity may influence language development among children who go on to develop autism. Although parenting styles are not considered as a cause for autism, this report examines how early parenting can promote resiliency i ...
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Government Announces Landmark Strategy To Transform Adult Autism Support, UK
Categorie : AutismThe National Autistic Society (NAS) welcomed a raft of new measures in the landmark adult autism strategy published today aimed at tackling the isolation, ignorance and inequality routinely experienced by the over 300,000 adults with autism in England... ...
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Asuragen And The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Publish Results Of A Study Evaluating A Novel Fragile X PCR Assay
Categorie : AutismAsuragen, Inc. announced the results of a collaborative study with scientists at the M.I.N.D. Institute at the University of California Davis evaluating a new PCR technology that reproducibly reports mutations associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS)... ...
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