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Research provides first comprehensive and prospective characterization of a genetic subtype of autism
Jun 12, 2013 18:45
In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
Nearly one-third of children with autism also have ADHD
Jun 5, 2013 17:57
In a study of the co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in...
Enrichment therapy effective among children with autism
May 21, 2013 18:31
Children with autism showed significant improvement after six months of simple sensory exercises at home using everyday items...
Enhanced motion perception in autism may point to an underlying cause of the disorder
May 8, 2013 17:07
Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion...
Bigger birth weight babies at greater risk of autism
May 5, 2013 20:18
The biggest study of fetal growth and autism ever has reported that babies whose growth is at either extreme in the womb,...
Autism risk spotted at birth in abnormal placentas
Apr 25, 2013 18:09
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant’s risk of developing autism by...
Detecting autism from brain activity
Apr 19, 2013 20:21
Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient...
Children and teens with autism more likely to become preoccupied with video games
Apr 17, 2013 17:16
Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often...
Autism model in mice linked with genetics
Apr 16, 2013 17:11
For the first time, researchers have linked autism in a mouse model of the disease with abnormalities in specific regions...
Mutations found in individuals with autism interfere with endocannabinoid signaling in the brain
Apr 11, 2013 17:39
Mutations found in individuals with autism block the action of molecules made by the brain that act on the same receptors...
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