by Xavier Aguilar, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Psychological therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder. What does the scientific evidence recommend? Credit: UOC Researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Parc Taulí University Hospital have developed a mobile application that compiles and presents valuable pieces of information and advice for people who interact with...
By COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY MAY 26, 2023 A recent study has found that siblings affected by autism inherit a greater proportion of their genetic material from their father rather than their mother. Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have recently revised the commonly held genetic assumptions about autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For many years, scientists believed that siblings diagnosed with...
by Josef Blaszkiewicz, Medical University of South Carolina Expression of the MEF2C protein (green) in the nuclei of neuronal cells (stained with a neuronal marker protein in red) in the inner ear of a young adult mouse. Nuclei were stained with Dapi (blue). Image courtesy of Dr. Hainan Lang of the Medical University of South...
by Weill Cornell Medical College A humanized mouse model of autism. The image depicts sections of brain with astrocytes labeled in green. Top row: control astrocytes; Bottom row: astrocytes derived from patients with autism spectrum disorder. Credit: Megan Allen Abnormalities in a type of brain cell called astrocytes may play a pivotal role in causing...
(HealthDay)—Screen time is significantly associated with autism spectrum disorder among boys at age 3 years, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in JAMA Pediatrics. Megumi Kushima, from the University of Yamanashi in Chuo, Japan, and colleagues examined the association between screen time in infancy and development of autism spectrum disorder at age 3 years...
Jaleesa Baulkman June 02, 2021 The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing for a device that will help diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years who exhibit potential symptoms. Cognoa ASD Diagnosis Aid is a machine learning-based software program that receives information from parents or caregivers, video analysts, and...
SHINSHU UNIVERSITY Analysis using a national medical database revealed that the cumulative incidence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children born in 2009-2014 was 2.75% by the age of five. A research group led by Associate Professor Daimei Sasayama and Professor Hideo Honda of the Department of Child and Adolescent Development Psychiatry, Shinshu University School...
Since it debuted in 2011, the Get SET Early program, which provides pediatricians and parents with a relatively simple process to screen for indicators of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children as young as age 1, has steadily grown in use and validation. Early screening and identification of ASD has been linked to more effective...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have demonstrated that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be caused by defects in the mitochondria of brain cells. The findings were published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Multiple studies have revealed hundreds of mutations associated with autism spectrum...
by McGill University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which could help unlock potential therapeutic applications in treating certain psychiatric diseases, including anxiety and alcohol use disorders, are...
