News tagged with autistic individuals


Researcher uncovers potential cause, biomarker for autism and proposes study to investigate theory

A New York-based physician-researcher from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, best known for his research into fertility and twinning, has uncovered a potential connection between autism and a specific growth protein ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impaired coordination of brain activity in autism involves local, as well as long-range, signaling

A study based at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that the local functional connectivity of the brain – the extent to which the activity of within a small brain region ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists find excessive protein synthesis linked to autistic-like behaviors

Autistic-like behaviors can be partially remedied by normalizing excessive levels of protein synthesis in the brain, a team of researchers has found in a study of laboratory mice. The findings, which appear in the latest ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Data release from the Allen Institute for Brain Science expands online atlas offerings

The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today its latest public data release, enhancing online resources available via the Allen Brain Atlas data portal and expanding its application programming interface (API). ...

Neuroscience created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify genetic systems disrupted in autistic brain

Autism has a strong genetic basis, but so far efforts to identify the responsible genes have had mixed results. The reason for this is that autism is influenced by many different genes, and different genes are involved in ...

Genetics created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene mutation in autism found to cause hyperconnectivity in brain's hearing center

New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.

Neuroscience created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacteria in the gut of autistic children different from non-autistic children

The underlying reason autism is often associated with gastrointestinal problems is an unknown, but new results to be published in the online journal mBio on January 10 reveal that the guts of autistic children differ from o ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 8

Research reveals autistic individuals are in fact superior in multiple areas

We must stop considering the different brain structure of autistic individuals to be a deficiency, as research reveals that many autistics – not just "savants" – have qualities and abilities that may exceed those ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

New CMU brain imaging research reveals why autistic individuals confuse pronouns

Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example, it is well documented that autistic children often have difficulty correctly ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast