6th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
It’s still unclear what’s different in the brains of people with autism spectrum disorders, but evidence from genetic and cell studies points to abnormalities in how brain cells, connect to each other. A new study now provides visual evidence associating autism with a disorganized structure of brain connections, as well as defects in myelin — » Read More
29th November, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, researchers have found that three-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains than their healthy counterparts. Read More
27th November, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Although many mental illnesses are uniquely human, animals sometimes exhibit abnormal behaviors similar to those seen in humans with psychological disorders. Such behaviors are called endophenotypes. Now, researchers have found that mice lacking a gene that encodes a particular protein found in the synapses of the brain display a number of endophenotypes associated with schizophrenia » Read More
16th November, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Scientists are finding new tools to help understand neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and fragile X syndrome. Studies show in new detail how the brain’s connections, chemicals, and genes interact to affect behavior. Read More
10th November, 2011 - Posted by admin - No Comments
To diagnose autism spectrum disorders, clinicians typically administer a variety of tests or scales and use information from observations and parent interviews to classify individuals into subcategories listed in standard psychiatric diagnostic manuals. This process of forming “best-estimate clinical diagnoses” has long been considered the gold standard, but a new study demonstrates that these diagnoses » Read More
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