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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability; signs typically appear during early childhood and affect a person's ability to communicate, and interact with others. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a "spectrum condition" that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. There is no known single cause of autism, but increased awareness and early diagnosis/intervention and access to appropriate services/supports lead to significantly improved outcomes. Some of the behaviors associated with autism include delayed learning of language; difficulty making eye contact or holding a conversation; difficulty with executive functioning, which relates to reasoning and planning; narrow, intense interests; poor motor skills' and sensory sensitivities. Again, a person on the spectrum might follow many of these behaviors or just a few, or many others besides. The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is applied based on analysis of all behaviors and their severity.
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JUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
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Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2016Neuroscience
Through whole-genome sequencing of hundreds of participants from families with children affected by autism spectrum diso ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 10, 2016Neuroscience
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JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Neuroscience
There are many reasons to own a dog, not the least of which is the companionship they offer. Dogs are good company and o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Bipolar disorder affects millions of Americans, and although it isn’t always the case, it can be very severe. In a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigating modifications to the oxytocin gene (OXT), researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have learned that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is a group of developmental disabilities usually considered to be due to dysfunction in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2016
Neuroscience
Any woman who has been pregnant can attest to the stress it can cause. Even in in a typical pregnancy, especially with f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 10, 2016
Immunology
A new research study showed different inflammation levels during the second trimester of pregnancy to associate with dif
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s a number that gets repeated over and over, 1 in 68. That’s the estimate of the Centers for Disease Cont
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 19, 2016
Neuroscience
Much more so than a dog who harkens to his master’s voice on an old record label, children will always recognize a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2016
Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is not a static collection of three billion DNA letters; rather, it is a dynamic system subject to muta
...
APR 13, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s a statistic that gets a lot of attention when talking about autism. According to the CDC, the number of child
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
There seems to be endless combination of gene variants that can occur from just four nucleotide letters. Some of these v
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
There’s a reason mitochondria are called the “powerhouse of the cell.” They generate the majority of t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 31, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a disorder that is at the forefront of neuroscience research, because of the large numbers of children that ar
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2016
Neuroscience
Through whole-genome sequencing of hundreds of participants from families with children affected by autism spectrum diso
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 10, 2016
Neuroscience
The right amount of housekeeping is necessary to maintain clean and functional operations, but throwing away too much ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2016
Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2016
Neuroscience
There are many, many different kinds of neurons in our brain, and at some point, they all had to differentiate from thei
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich