From the Stanford University Medical Center press release via MedicalXpress: A specific antioxidant supplement may be an effective therapy for some features of autism, according to a pilot trial from the Stanford University School of…
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 and other settings, and can…
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 similar, but not identical, to…
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 to have a child with…
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 for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…
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 in the brain and throughout…
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 certainty–the risk that siblings of…
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 disorders. The study, published online…
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 into a zebrafish and then…
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 called Snf2l have brains that…