How human cells 'hold hands'
University of Iowa biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the ...
Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Learning mechanism of the adult brain revealed
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Fortunately, this is not always true. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have now discovered how the adult brain can adapt to new situations. The Dutch ...
Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2012 |
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List of the top 10 toxic chemicals suspected to cause autism and learning disabilities
An editorial published today in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives calls for increased research to identify possible environmental causes of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in Americ ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Protein prevents DNA damage in the developing brain and might serve as a tumor suppressor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have rewritten the job description of the protein TopBP1 after demonstrating that it guards early brain cells from DNA damage. Such damage might foreshadow later problems, ...
Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Maternal obesity, diabetes associated with autism, other developmental disorders
A major study of the relationships between maternal metabolic conditions and the risk that a child will be born with a neurodevelopmental disorder has found strong links between maternal diabetes and obesity and the likelihood ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Scientists study human diseases in flies
More than two-thirds of human genes have counterparts in the well-studied fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, so although it may seem that humans don't have much in common with flies, the correspondence of our genetic instru ...
Genetics
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Adolescents with autism spend free time using solitary, screen-based media
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to be fascinated by screen-based technology. A new study by a University of Missouri researcher found that adolescents with autism spend the majority of their free time using ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Autistic facial characteristics identified
The face and brain develop in coordination, with each influencing the other, beginning in the embryo and continuing through adolescence. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found distinct differences ...
Medical research
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Genetic variant, auto-antibodies linked to autism
(Medical Xpress) -- A study by researchers at UC Davis has found that pregnant women with a particular gene variation are more likely to produce auto-antibodies to the brains of their developing fetuses and that the children ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Researchers find alterations of a single gene associated with intellectual disability, epilepsy and autistic features
(Medical Xpress) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers, working with an international team of colleagues, have identified a gene that may play a role in causing a neurodevelopmental disorder that ...
Genetics
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Children with autism benefit from early, intensive therapy
A primary characteristic of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is impairments in social-communication skills. Children and adolescents with social-communication problems face difficulty understanding, interacting and relating ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Exercise may help prevent brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease
Regular exercise could help prevent brain damage associated with neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, according to research published this month in Elsevier's journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.
Neuroscience
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Gardening in the brain: Specialist cells prune connections between neurons
Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of the developing brain: cells called microglia prune the connections ...
Medical research
Jul 21, 2011 |
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New clinical trial to examine medication to treat social withdrawal in Fragile X and autism
Children and adults with social withdrawal due to Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability and the most common known single gene cause of autism, may benefit from an experimental drug ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Routine screening for autism not needed: researchers
Proposals recommending routine screening of all children for autism gets a thumbs down from researchers at McMaster University.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 13, 2011 |
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