Category: Autism

New insights in pathological mechanism that causes dysfunctional synapses

From the VIB – Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology media release: Genetic analysis of human patients has shown that mutations in genes involved in synaptic communication can drive neuropsychiatric and neurological… Read more »

Psychologists develop first adult self-assessment for repetitive behaviours in autism

From the Cardiff University media release: Psychologists from Cardiff University have developed the first self-assessment test designed to help clinicians diagnose autism in adults. Published in the Journal of Autism… Read more »

Youth on the autism spectrum overly sensitive to sensory stimuli have brains that react differently

From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences media release: Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, a team of UCLA researchers has shown for the first time that children… Read more »

Youth on the autism spectrum overly sensitive to sensory stimuli have brains that react differently

From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences media release: Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, a team of UCLA researchers has shown for the first time that children… Read more »