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12 Sep 2013

Study reveals important link between autism and motor skill deficits in children

In a new study looking at toddlers and preschoolers with autism, researchers found that children with better motor skills were more adept at socializing and communicating.

12 Sep 2013

Strides therapeutic approach helps autistic children reach breakthroughs in communication

Luke, a 7-year-old autistic child had primarily only expressed requests to his parents (e.g., I want a drink), but this past year he was given a 1-pound iPad, introduced to a 1,000 pound horse and a special program called Strides©.

11 Sep 2013

Study finds increase in use of stimulant medications to treat children and teens with ADHD

Use of stimulant medications to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past several years.

11 Sep 2013

Unique mobile app allows parents to access information about safety of vaccines

The Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is launching Vaccines on the Go: What You Should Know, a unique mobile app that allows busy parents to access up-to-date, reliable information about the science and safety of vaccines -- wherever and whenever they need it.

11 Sep 2013

Study confirms low rates of employment for young autistic adults

A study published in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that young adults with an autism spectrum disorder have more difficulty transitioning into employment than their peers with different disabilities.

6 Sep 2013

Bird Brains Shed Light On Speech Learning

A team of scientists have identified the neurons in the brains of songbirds that allow them to imitate vocal sounds.

5 Sep 2013

Dopamine improves deficiencies in social behavior, could have implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

A stressful pregnancy might be the last thing a future mother needs, but it is to her unborn baby that this stress spells real trouble. All because stress hormones (called glucocorticoids or GCs) can disturb normal foetal brain development, leading to behavioural and/or emotional problems later in life.

5 Sep 2013

Brown University establishes research center to study attention and other related behaviors

With a major new federal grant, Brown University has established a research center to study key questions in the neuroscience of attention and related behaviors. The COBRE Center for Central Nervous System Function will encompass five projects, each led by a junior faculty member with mentoring from a more senior professor, with the dual goals of better explaining the brain and generating potential new ideas for addressing disorders such as autism.

5 Sep 2013

Young adults with ASDs have worse outcomes of employment and independent living

For young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), making the transition from school to the first rites of independent adult life, including a first job and a home away from home, can be particularly challenging.

5 Sep 2013

Scientists uncover neural mechanisms that may help in treatment of language disorders in children

USC scientists have discovered a population of neurons in the brains of juvenile songbirds that are necessary for allowing the birds to recognize the vocal sounds they are learning to imitate.

5 Sep 2013

Tel Aviv University researchers use zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders

Because animals can't talk, researchers need to study their behavior patterns to make sense of their activities. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are using these zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders.

5 Sep 2013

AARDA study reveals mothers antibodies may cause autism in babies

A new, large-scale study of more than 2,700 mothers of children with autism shows that about one in 10 mothers have antibodies in their bloodstream that react with proteins in the brain of their babies.

29 Aug 2013

ASD children appear to outgrow critical social communication disability

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) children appear to outgrow a critical social communication disability. Younger children with ASD have trouble integrating the auditory and visual cues associated with speech, but the researchers found that the problem clears up in adolescence.

29 Aug 2013

Problems with key enzymes potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder

Problems with a key group of enzymes called topoisomerases can have profound effects on the genetic machinery behind brain development and potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder, according to research announced today in the journal Nature.

29 Aug 2013

Fewer children in UK diagnosed with ADHD than in USA

New research suggests that children are far less likely to be diagnosed with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the UK than they are in the USA. However, the same study, led by the University of Exeter Medical School, suggests that autism diagnosis is still rising.

29 Aug 2013

Life Technologies announces end-to-end sequencing solution for whole human exome CNV analysis

Life Technologies Corporation today announced the first end-to-end sequencing solution for exon-level copy number variation analysis, which combines the Ion Reporter CNV data analysis workflow, the Ion AmpliSeq Exome Kit and the Ion Proton® System.

27 Aug 2013

Mount Sinai scientists receive NIH grant to study clinical benefit of IGF-1 in children with PMS

Scientists at the Seaver Autism Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1, a promising treatment for a subtype of autism called Phelan McDermid Syndrome.

27 Aug 2013

Researchers make significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis

Researchers at Columbia University, in collaboration with biologists in Baylor College of Medicine, have made a significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis, pinpointing exactly where and when cells produce new proteins.

26 Aug 2013

Scientists receive NIH grant to study commercially-available drug for treatment of PMS

Scientists at the Seaver Autism Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), a promising treatment for a subtype of autism called Phelan McDermid Syndrome (PMS).

26 Aug 2013

Autism News and Research

Latest Autism News and Research

Love Hormone May Play Role In Autism

Study reveals important link between autism and motor skill deficits in children

Strides therapeutic approach helps autistic children reach breakthroughs in communication

Study finds increase in use of stimulant medications to treat children and teens with ADHD

Unique mobile app allows parents to access information about safety of vaccines

Study confirms low rates of employment for young autistic adults

Bird Brains Shed Light On Speech Learning

Dopamine improves deficiencies in social behavior, could have implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

Brown University establishes research center to study attention and other related behaviors

Young adults with ASDs have worse outcomes of employment and independent living

Scientists uncover neural mechanisms that may help in treatment of language disorders in children

Tel Aviv University researchers use zoological methods to study people with serious mental disorders

AARDA study reveals mothers antibodies may cause autism in babies

ASD children appear to outgrow critical social communication disability

Problems with key enzymes potentially lead to autism spectrum disorder

Fewer children in UK diagnosed with ADHD than in USA

Life Technologies announces end-to-end sequencing solution for whole human exome CNV analysis

Mount Sinai scientists receive NIH grant to study clinical benefit of IGF-1 in children with PMS

Researchers make significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis

Scientists receive NIH grant to study commercially-available drug for treatment of PMS

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