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"These results give us a good hint of how to look at Rett Syndrome and potentially other forms of autism in humans," said Dr. Lipton. "Having identified a mutation that causes this defect, we ...
... interactions, and they repeat stereotyped behavior over and over. But that's where the similarities end; some forms of autism are subtle, whereas others devastate every aspect of functioning.
This ...
... development and function in autism, a dozen University of Missouri researchers from a variety of disciplines formed The Autism Neuroscience Research Group (ANRG).
"Our research group is exploiting a ...
... migration into California of families with autistic children, inclusion of children with milder forms of autism in the counting and earlier ages of diagnosis as consequences of improved surveillance ...
... Society of America. It is estimated that 1 in 150 births involve children with some form of autism.
Autism can be caused by a variety of genetic factors, but Fallon's lab focused on one particular ...
... human syndromes and a newly-recognized genetic form of autism, publishing them in the January 29, ... common cause for NCFC syndromes and those children with autism due to genetic changes in chromosome 16 ...
... showed persistent, abnormal plasticity into adulthood.
"Our research is beginning to show that other forms of autism also have, as their basis, this persistent immaturity of synapses," said Sur. ...
... 54 neurotypical individuals. He said, "As many as 1 in 150 children in the US are born with a form of autism. We have shown that the non-DNA sequence mutation in the gene responsible for the oxytocin ...
... dopamine. Many problems related to attention -- including ADHD, drug addiction, some forms of autism and schizophrenia -- have been linked to such a dopamine deficit. The authors suggest that computer ...
A protein called neuroligin that is implicated in some forms of autism is critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study lead by a team of ...
DAVIS, Calif., June 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have determined a protein called neuroligin, implicated in some forms of autism, is critical to the construction of a working synapse.
... in primates may lead to insights in disorders in which imitation and bonding is impaired, such as certain forms of autism."
The study appears in the Aug.14 issue of Science. The study was conducted ...
... -belief tasks. However, people with Asperger syndrome, a milder form of autism, seem to pass with flying colors. This presents a problem for the "mindblindness" theory. So do people with ...
... wrong, severe cognitive problems can result. For instance, malformations of these columns have been implicated in some forms of autism and mental retardation. Scientists, however, have not been able ...
