Researchers connect APC protein to autism and mental retardation
August 22, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
BOSTON (August 23, 2010) A clue to the causes of autism and mental retardation lies in the synapse, the tiny intercellular junction that rapidly transfers information from one neuron to the next. According to neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine, with students from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts, a protein called APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) plays a key role in synapse maturation, and APC dysfunction prevents the synapse function required for typical learning and memory. The findings are published in the August 18 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Autism research finds empirical link between multisensory integration and autism
August 18, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers develop method with potential to evaluate effectiveness of autism therapy
August 19, 2010 (BRONX, NY) A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has provided concrete evidence that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) process sensory information such as sound, touch and vision differently than typically developing children.
Disturbances in certain genes play a role in autism
August 15, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Together with colleagues from an international research group, autism researcher Christopher Gillberg of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has found in a new study that autism can be partially explained by abnormalities in certain genes. The group’s results could, in the long run, pave the way for more appropriate treatments for autism.
Adult autism diagnosis by brain scan
August 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s College London have developed a pioneering new method of diagnosing autism in adults. For the first time, a quick brain scan that takes just 15 minutes can identify adults with autism with over 90 per cent accuracy. The method could lead to the screening for autism spectrum disorders in children in the future.
Autism: Lack of evidence for antidepressants
August 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Antidepressants commonly prescribed to people with autistic spectrum disorders cannot be recommended based on current evidence, a new study by Cochrane Researchers concludes. Despite some evidence of benefits in adults diagnosed with autism, they say there is no evidence for any benefits associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in children, who may suffer serious adverse effects as a result of taking the drugs.
Autism has unique vocal signature, new technology reveals
July 18, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
A new automated vocal analysis technology could fundamentally change the study of language development as well as the screening for autism spectrum disorders and language delay, reports a study in the July 19 online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Autism in a test tube?
Tel Aviv University research suggests link between IVF treatments and autism
The first “test tube baby” was born in 1978. With advances in reproductive science, an estimated one percent of all American babies are now born each year through in vitro fertilization ¬¬(IVF). But IVF and other assisted fertility treatments may be solving one problem by creating another, suggests new evidence from Tel Aviv University.
Researchers closer to untying autism’s genetic knot
June 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Deciphering the functions of multiple rare genes may be at the core of understanding the genetic factors that cause autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), according to a new study published June 9 in the journal Nature by dozens of top autism researchers around the world, including Yale Child Study Center Director Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.
Autism Speaks, world experts announce discovery of new autism genes in Autism Genome Project Phase II
June 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK, N.Y. (June 9, 2010) Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, and an international consortium of researchers, along with participating families, joined together to announce new autism genetic discoveries from the second phase of its collaborative study: the Autism Genome Project. The results were published today in the journal Nature, one of the world’s most respected peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Autism finding could lead to simple urine test for the condition
June 2, 2010 by admin · 2 Comments
Contact: Laura Gallagher
l.gallagher@imperial.ac.uk
44-020-759-48432
Imperial College London
Children with autism have a different chemical fingerprint in their urine than non-autistic children, according to new research published tomorrow in the print edition of the Journal of Proteome Research.
