Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Florida State University, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have demonstrated that starting a form of parent-led intervention for autistic toddlers ...
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Pregnant women whose household tap water had higher levels of lithium had a moderately higher risk of their offspring being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study led by a UCLA Health researcher.
Apr 3, 2023
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Daycare can be a brutal start for some of our society's youngest and most vulnerable people.
Apr 3, 2023
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What if doctors could break down conditions like autism into their key symptoms, map these symptoms to "hotspots" in the brain, and then treat those areas directly with brain stimulation? If it bears out, such an approach ...
Mar 31, 2023
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A new study from researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet shows that children who go on to develop symptoms of autism have different activity in their brain's visual cortex from as early as five months ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Brain development consists of a sequence of coordinated steps, which are mainly instructed by our genes. During these steps, the proper positioning and functionality of nerve cells in the brain (neurons) are critical—nonfunctional ...
Mar 29, 2023
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An international research collaboration has developed a VR imaging system that can measure a wide range of neural activity in the cortices of mice during active behavior. This enabled them to illuminate the abnormalities ...
Mar 28, 2023
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One in 40 Utah children aged eight years have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a newly published analysis led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with scientists ...
Mar 24, 2023
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New federal studies co-authored by autism experts at Rutgers found that more children have been diagnosed with autism than at any time since monitoring began more than two decades ago.
Mar 23, 2023
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For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Mar 23, 2023
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