Autism News and Research

Latest Autism News and Research

New study tracks how the brain turns simple sensory inputs into meaningful categories

Here's the neuroscience of a neglected banana: whenever you look at its color - green in the store, then yellow, and eventually brown on your countertop - your mind categorizes it as unripe, ripe, and then spoiled.

11 Jul 2018

Study could help explain how synapses may be made weaker or stronger

To work at all, the nervous system needs its cells, or neurons, to connect and converse in a language of electrical impulses and chemical neurotransmitters.

11 Jul 2018

Study finds how the brain perceives and reacts to predators

How the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators has been determined by researchers at The University of Queensland.

10 Jul 2018

Mice study shows how vaginal microbiota may affect stress levels of offspring

Exposing newborn mice to vaginal microbes from stressed female mice may transfer the effects of stress to the newborns, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

10 Jul 2018

New technique paves way for safer medicines without side effects

A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the way for safer medicines that are free of side effects.

9 Jul 2018

Researchers unravel molecular code that shapes complex networks in the brain

The brain is an enormously complex organ. Understanding how billions of brain cells succeed in making precise connections is a major challenge for neuroscientists.

6 Jul 2018

Scientists synthesize new compound with anticarcinogenic properties

The patent has been registered from the University of Seville and licensed by the British company Evgen Pharma, which is currently developing programmes aimed at breast cancer, subarachnoid haemorrhage and multiple sclerosis, among others

5 Jul 2018

Study explains why men are more at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders

A new study has shed light on the reason why males are more at risk than females for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and ADHD.

4 Jul 2018

Sun avoidance may be almost as hazardous to health as cigarette smoking

Available on Amazon, Embrace the Sun, by authors Marc B. Sorenson, Ed.D.and William B. Grant, Ph.D.,claim that sun avoidance may be nearly as hazardous to your health as cigarette smoking!

3 Jul 2018

Study discovers hidden brain state dynamics that regulate performance and decision-making

Brain activity is driven by encounters with external stimuli and situations, simultaneously occurring with internal mental processes.

3 Jul 2018

Researchers identify molecular mechanism leading to cortical malformation from brain-only mutations

Focal malformations of cortical development are a heterogeneous group of brain cortical abnormalities.

2 Jul 2018

Scientists focus on critical regulatory protein to find clues on cancer, neurodegenerative diseases

James McNew's and Michael Stern's biochemical hunt for the root cause of a rare, paralyzing genetic disorder is a 10-year quest that's taken an unexpected turn toward everyday killers such as Alzheimer's disease, cancer and aging.

30 Jun 2018

Genes associated with autism interact to modulate variable symptoms of disease

Genes located in a large chromosomal aberration associated with autism interact with each other to modulate the variable symptoms of the disease, according to new research.

29 Jun 2018

New mouse model could shed light on autism subtype

Researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have created a mouse model for maternal antibody- related (MAR) autism spectrum disorder that closely mimics the physiology and behaviors seen in people with this form of ASD.

29 Jun 2018

Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism

Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum disorder, according to Florida State University and Emory University researchers.

28 Jun 2018

Study provides insight into development of autism in the human brain

In a study published in Stem Cell Reports, a McGill team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.

27 Jun 2018

CRISPR technique reduces repetitive behavior in fragile X syndrome mouse models

Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism symptoms in mice with a form of fragile X syndrome, the most common known single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder.

25 Jun 2018

Researchers use gene editing to reduce autism symptoms in mice

Researchers have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat symptoms of autism in mice. It is hoped that the tool could one day be used to help humans.

25 Jun 2018

Maternal diabetes linked to increased risk of ASD in children

The risk of autism spectrum disorder was increased in children of mothers with the three main types of diabetes that complicate pregnancy, findings that add new information on type 1 diabetes and extend what is already known about type 2 and gestational diabetes.

25 Jun 2018

Study: Broken shuttle protein may hinder learning in patients with brain disorders

Unable to carry signals based on sights and sounds to the genes that record memories, a broken shuttle protein may hinder learning in patients with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and autism.

22 Jun 2018