Evidence for shared genetic influences on self - reported ADHD and
autistic symptoms in young adult Australian twins
This study suggests that aberrant development of white matter may precede the manifestation of
autistic symptoms in the first year of life, and highlights the importance of longitudinal data and data from young children and infants with the disorder.
The most interesting thing about the results, she says, was not the correction of
the autistic symptoms in the mice, but the clues the study provided about how the gut's microbial population may affect the brain and behavior.
Not exact matches
In other cases, kids may be wrestling with special difficulties — like stressful life events, emotional regulation problems, attention deficits,
autistic symptoms, or hyperactivity.
In addition, the study shows that the more the desynchronisation is significant, the more the verbal disorder is severe, likewise,
autistic symptoms on the whole.
«There is still a chasm between neuro - cognitive explanations of
autistic symptoms and mechanisms
in terms of cell structure,» she says.
In addition, for this study, they created an autistic behavior section, using the following criteria: 1) whether reliability and validity data were available in typically developing individuals and / or in those with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2) whether the measure had been piloted in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS sympto
In addition, for this study, they created an
autistic behavior section, using the following criteria: 1) whether reliability and validity data were available
in typically developing individuals and / or in those with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2) whether the measure had been piloted in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS sympto
in typically developing individuals and / or
in those with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2) whether the measure had been piloted in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS sympto
in those with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2) whether the measure had been piloted
in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS sympto
in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS
symptom.
One very striking piece of evidence many of us have noticed is that when
autistic children go
in for certain diagnostic tests and are told not to eat or drink anything ahead of time, parents often report their child's
symptoms improve — until they start eating again after the procedure.
This lack of interest
in human speech not only correlated with the severity of a child's
autistic symptoms, Kuhl notes, but with a lack of typical brain response to subtle changes
in syllables, such as the switch from «ba» to «da.»
The researchers found that levels of a substance called 4 - ethylphenylsulfate that is produced by gut bacteria increased 46-fold
in the mice with
autistic symptoms, but returned to normal after treatment with B. fragilis.
Therefore, knowledge of the neural basis of overgrowth could point to early causal mechanisms
in autism and elucidate the neural functional defects that engender
autistic symptoms.
Decreased Left Caudate Volume Is Associated with Increased Severity of
Autistic - Like
Symptoms in a Cohort of ADHD Patients and Their Unaffected Siblings.
The result could be sensory overload resulting
in autistic symptoms, they suggest.
Environmental and genetic factors play a role
in autism development but research shows that great nutrition has the ability to alleviate
autistic symptoms.
Some patients show improvement
in autistic symptoms initially, but regress soon after, as chelation therapy does nothing to support or heal the body's own detoxification pathways.
A 2010 consensus report published
in the journal Pediatrics by Harvard Medical School researchers explained that while gastrointestinal disorders and associated
symptoms are reported
in autistic individuals, a link between autism and gluten
in the diet has not been established.
After all, the
symptoms in autistic children often start appearing by age 2, which happens to be when youngsters get that shot.
A small number of individuals with autism will experience extreme aptitude with savant skills (calculating, memorizing, musical talent and others) While the range of total effects will vary, most
autistic people will have the following
symptoms in common:
Factor analyses of
autistic traits
in clinical ASD and community samples, using a variety of ASD measurement tools, generally indicate that multiple factors account for the observed covariance structure of ASD
symptoms and traits (Happé and Ronald 2008; Mandy and Skuse 2008).
In other cases, kids may be wrestling with special difficulties — like stressful life events, emotional regulation problems, attention deficits,
autistic symptoms, or hyperactivity.
It has been suggested that co-existent behaviour problems
in the child predict parental stress to a higher extent than the severity of the
autistic symptoms [27 — 29].