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Category Archives: autism
In general males have higher tendency to be autistic than females. New evidence for the genetic cause for this found by scientists from George Washington University.
George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene RORA through a … Continue reading
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pre-Bötzinger complex in humans identified – very important discovery that will help in understanding breathing related disorders like Rett’s syndrome, autism etc.
pre-Bötzinger complex plays an important role in respiratory rhythm, controlling breathing. Though it’s influence on breathing and respiratory rhythm is proven, the exact location or that it even exists as a physical entity as opposed to being distributed in different … Continue reading
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Is there a link between autism and traffic pollution? A new study thinks there is a strong correlation.
A child who lives near a freeway has double the risk of autism compared to other kids, researchers from California revealed in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. There has been a considerable increase in autism diagnoses over the last few … Continue reading
Drug to treat Rhett syndrome – Clinical trials begin
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have begun a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test a potential drug treatment for Rett syndrome, the leading known genetic cause of autism in girls. The principal researcher of the study Omar Khwaja, MD, PhD, is … Continue reading
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Children with learning disabilities can learn to overcome thanks to brain plasticity advances
Have you ever read The Brain that Changes itself by Norman Doidge? This is an amazing book that I read couple years ago that impressed me and opened me to several facts including Brain plasticity, Arrow Smith School, Posit Science … Continue reading
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Early detection and Behavioral therapy help children with autism recover almost completely – study shows
Autism affects a lot of children in America. CDC has statistics that indicate anywhere from 1 in 110 chidlren have some form of ASD. Any hope in fighting back against this is a cause for celebration. The average prevalence of … Continue reading
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New hope for autism research – Autism can be studied in laboratory petri dish
A collaborative effort between researchers at Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, San Diego, successfully used human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from patients with Rett syndrome to replicate autism in the lab and study … Continue reading
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Children with Autism can be taught to be creative using lego blocks and enough of postive feedback
In an attempt to help children with autism learn the building blocks of creativity, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) tapped a toy box staple for help – legos. Children with autism like to do repetitive tasks and … Continue reading
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Autism resources on the web
Reading a comment on one of my science news item about autism, I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of online sources for autism. For those looking to be educated about this subject, and don’t … Continue reading
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Ability to do introspection increases (with age) and as different parts in brain begin act in sync
The “Default Mode Network” in brain is active when individual is focus on introspection – self-referential thought. Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers … Continue reading
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