Sentences with phrase «behavioral symptoms of autism»

Taken together, these findings support a gut - microbiome - brain connection in ASD and identify a potential probiotic therapy for GI and behavioral symptoms of autism.»

But mice that ate a high - glycemic index diet showed all of the expected behavioral symptoms of autism.

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In the new study, the researchers observed behavioral symptoms characteristic of autism in a particularly high - risk group of young children: those born prematurely.

Of particular interest was that four of the 10 sites most strongly linked to the AOSI scores were located near genes linked to Prader - Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder that shares some behavioral symptoms with autisOf particular interest was that four of the 10 sites most strongly linked to the AOSI scores were located near genes linked to Prader - Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder that shares some behavioral symptoms with autisof the 10 sites most strongly linked to the AOSI scores were located near genes linked to Prader - Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder that shares some behavioral symptoms with autism.

As Willingham points out, the people who seem to have «grown out» of their autism had higher cognitive functioning and milder symptoms in the first place, and «many of them had behavioral interventions in childhood».

By demonstrating that a widely used mouse model of autism does have gastrointestinal problems, and that these problems are associated with behavioral symptoms, the new research «shows us something fabulous,» says Betty Diamond, an immunologist at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York.

«If scientists want to test drugs for dementia, Alzheimer's or autism, ideal models would react similarly to humans in regards to the reduction of symptoms, outbreak of side effects, such as enduring the same lesions as humans do, or exhibiting similar behavioral characteristics,» said Latham, who's with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and an MSU AgBioResearch scientist.

A number of experts have indicated that gluten and casein derived peptides trigger an immune response in kids with autism spectrum disorder, while others have suggested that the peptides might cause GI symptoms and behavioral problems.

The study revealed that mothers of children with autism faced high levels of stress and that stress was associated with levels of anxiety, depression, low monthly income, low educational level and the child's behavioral symptoms.