From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Autism is a developmental disorder that affects social and communication skills. Irritability is a symptom of autism that can complicate adjustment at home… Read more »
From the NYU press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have identified a protein necessary to maintain behavioral flexibility, which allows us to modify our behaviors to adjust to circumstances that are… Read more »
From the UC Davis Health System press release: A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely… Read more »
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release: A new prospective study of six-month-old infants at high genetic risk for autism identified weak head and neck control as a red flag… Read more »
From the Yale University press release via EurekAlert!: Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring substance produced… Read more »
From the IntegraGen press release via EurekAlert!: By focusing on the identification of common genetic variants, researchers have identified 57 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that predict—with a high degree of… Read more »
From the Queen Mary, University of London press release: Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric… Read more »
From the Duke University Medical Center via EurekAlert!: What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes… Read more »
From the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute press release: Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have discovered that mice that lack a gene… Read more »
From the Kansas State University press release: A Kansas State University graduate student is creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism. Chelsey King, master’s… Read more »
