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Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

Physicians use standard disease classifications based on symptoms or location in the body to help make diagnoses. These classifications, called nosologies, can help doctors understand which diseases are closely related, and thus may be caused by the same underlying issues or respond to the same treatments.

9 Dec 2019

Researchers receive federal grant to study educational outcomes of children with special needs

A team of New Jersey researchers received a major federal grant to study the educational outcomes of children with special health care needs.

9 Dec 2019

UM Medicine launches new centers in Maryland to treat adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities

The University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, and the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance have joined together to launch first-of-a-kind centers in Maryland to treat adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as autism.

8 Dec 2019

Discovery of protein function opens door to potential therapies for addiction, behavioral disorders

The human brain consists of several intricate networks or "circuits." One such complex circuit, called the "reward circuit," is involved in reward-associated learning, a process in which nerve cell activity changes in response to a "reward" stimulus (something that the brain perceives as a reward).

5 Dec 2019

Scientists discover how specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability, autism

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered why a specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in children.

5 Dec 2019

Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

A mutated gene found in people with intellectual disabilities that could be targeted for treatment has been identified by an international team including University of Queensland researchers.

5 Dec 2019

DNA testing for siblings of children with ASD may be predictive of future diagnosis

One of the key priorities of interventions for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is starting early, with some evidence showing infants as young as seven months old could benefit.

5 Dec 2019

Training clinicians to help children with social and emotional difficulties

More than 50 mental health clinicians and 14 Head Start teachers are increasing their ability to help young children experiencing social and emotional difficulties, thanks to training provided through the South Dakota Early Childhood Mental Health Collaborative.

4 Dec 2019

Study finds autism-related genetic mutations in aging brains of Alzheimer's patients

Researchers believe that autism is caused by mutations that occur sporadically in the egg or sperm or during pregnancy.

26 Nov 2019

Discovery may provide clues for treatment of autism and schizophrenia

Researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified that a gene critical to clearing up unnecessary proteins plays a role in brain development and contributes to the development of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.

25 Nov 2019

Discovery may lead to possible treatments for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia

25 Nov 2019

New study tracks musical rhythm as potential treatment for autism

Researchers from the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center and the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University School of Medicine are partnering to study musical rhythm synchronization as a part of social development and how it's disrupted in children with autism spectrum disorder in hopes of developing music interventions for improving social communication.

21 Nov 2019

Research team publishes findings from study of TAF1 syndrome

An international, multidisciplinary research team from more than 50 institutions, led by geneticist and psychiatrist Gholson Lyon, MD, PhD, of the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities' Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, today announced publication of findings from its study of the rare disease TAF1 syndrome.

21 Nov 2019

Researchers uncover novel pathogenic mechanism in Huntington’s disease

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute described a mechanism, the increase of proteinaceous synthesis, which takes part in the degeneration of the type of neurons that are affected in Huntington's disease, a genetic neurodegenerative disease.

20 Nov 2019

Six ways physicians can help optimize reproductive health in women with epilepsy

Worldwide, more than 15 million women of childbearing age have epilepsy. Each year about 600,000 of them become pregnant.

20 Nov 2019

Study finds major gaps in services and continued care for children with autism

New research at Case Western Reserve University found big gaps in services and continued care for children with autism-;and their families-;as they transition from adolescence to adulthood.

20 Nov 2019

New brain research by UTHealth student was showcased at Neuroscience 2019

Brain research by a student in a laboratory at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) was singled out for special attention at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting in Chicago Oct. 19-23.

20 Nov 2019

Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

Here the research team tested a safe and well-established microbe-based immune adjuvant to restore immune homeostasis and counteract inflammation-associated obesity in animal models.

19 Nov 2019

MU researchers describe Down syndrome-associated catatonia

Down syndrome, due to an extra chromosome 21, occurs in 250,000 children and adults in the United States, making it the country's most common chromosomal disorder. Inherited heart defects, thyroid cancer, celiac disease and developmental disabilities are common Down syndrome complications.

19 Nov 2019

Study of 'face blindness' provides clues to what goes wrong in the brain

People with prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," have trouble recognizing faces -- even those of close friends and family members.

19 Nov 2019

Autism News and Research

Latest Autism News and Research

Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

Researchers receive federal grant to study educational outcomes of children with special needs

UM Medicine launches new centers in Maryland to treat adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities

Discovery of protein function opens door to potential therapies for addiction, behavioral disorders

Scientists discover how specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability, autism

Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

DNA testing for siblings of children with ASD may be predictive of future diagnosis

Training clinicians to help children with social and emotional difficulties

Study finds autism-related genetic mutations in aging brains of Alzheimer's patients

Discovery may provide clues for treatment of autism and schizophrenia

Discovery may lead to possible treatments for autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia

New study tracks musical rhythm as potential treatment for autism

Research team publishes findings from study of TAF1 syndrome

Researchers uncover novel pathogenic mechanism in Huntington’s disease

Six ways physicians can help optimize reproductive health in women with epilepsy

Study finds major gaps in services and continued care for children with autism

New brain research by UTHealth student was showcased at Neuroscience 2019

Oral vaccination with cholera toxin helps counteract age-associated obesity

MU researchers describe Down syndrome-associated catatonia

Study of 'face blindness' provides clues to what goes wrong in the brain

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