From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release via Newswise: Though autism is often not diagnosed until the age of three, some children begin to show signs of developmental delay before they turn a year old.…
From the Journal of Visualised Experiments press release: Though the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been steadily climbing— from 6 in 1,000 children in 2002, to nearly 10 in 1,000 children in 2006,…
From the Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers press release via AlphaGalileo: Healthy individuals who carry a gene variation linked to an increased risk of autism have structural differences in their brains that may help explain…
From the Uppsala University press release via AlphaGalileo: An important step towards developing a rapid, inexpensive diagnostic method for autism has been taken by Uppsala University, among other universities. Through advanced mass spectrometry the researchers…
From the Wellcome Trust press release: People with autism have a greater than normal capacity for processing information even from rapid presentations and are better able to detect information defined as ‘critical’, according to a…
From the Vanderbilt University Medical Center via EurekAlert!: Early disruptions in serotonin signaling in the brain may contribute to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other “enduring effects on behavior,” Vanderbilt University researchers report. Serotonin is…
From the University of Virginia press release via HealthCanal: Researchers led by Jonathan Kipnis at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have, for the first time, used an immune therapy to halt the symptoms…
From the Northumbria University press release via AlphaGalileo: Children with autism look away from faces when thinking, especially about challenging material, according to new research from Northumbria University. Although generally encouraged to maintain eye contact…
From the University of Gothenburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Given that almost 70% of young adults with Asperger syndrome have suffered from depression, it is vital that psychiatric care staff are aware of this so…
From the UT Dallas press release: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia are distinct disorders with unique characteristics, but they share similarities in social dysfunction. For many years, this similarity resulted in confusion in diagnosis.…