Category: Autism

Gene expression study may provide insights into autism, other neurodevelopmental disorders

From the University of California – San Francisco press release: The human brain has been called the most complex object in the cosmos, with 86 billion intricately interconnected neurons and… Read more »

Study examines brain activity and anxiety symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder

From the Wiley press release: The error-related negativity (ERN) is a brain signal response to errors that is thought to reflect threat sensitivity and has been implicated in anxiety disorders… Read more »

Study suggests odors that carry social cues seem to affect volunteers on the autism spectrum differently

From the Weizmann Institute of Science press release: Autism typically involves the inability to read social cues. We most often associate this with visual difficulty in interpreting facial expression, but… Read more »

Study suggests school exacerbates feelings of being ‘different’ in pupils with Autism Spectrum Conditions

From the University of Surrey press release: Negative school experiences can have harmful long term effects on pupils with Autism Spectrum Conditions, a new study in the journal Autism reports. Researchers from… Read more »

Study suggests potential treatment for autism, intellectual disability

From the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) press release: A breakthrough in finding the mechanism and a possible therapeutic fix for autism and intellectual disability has been made by… Read more »

Study suggests malfunctions in communication between brain cells could be at root of autism

From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: A defective gene linked to autism influences how neurons connect and communicate with each other in the brain, according to a study… Read more »