«This is really well - done science,» says Daniel Geschwind, a neurogeneticist at the University of California, Los Angeles, adding that the mice should be valuable for
further autism studies.
Not exact matches
This
study discusses this link
further and mentions high rates of
autism among Somali children in Minneapolis whose mothers were deficient in Vitamin D prenatally.
Page plans
further studies examining the neurobiological relationship between social deficits and repetitive behavior, two of the primary symptoms of
autism.
Last year, researchers at Cardiff University in Wales uncovered one source of this squeamishness: Although
studies of healthy sexuality are few and
far between, there are more than 5,000 published studieslinking
autism to inappropriate behavior such as stalking, public fondling or sexual obsessions.
We are pleased to have provided funding for this initial
study and are calling for urgent
further investment in similar early intervention
studies in
autism.»
Model behavior So
far, there are only a few
autism studies in which the sex of animals seems to make a difference, but that may be because scientists have only just begun to look.
Garet Lahvis was a 4th - year assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison, when his department chair told him that his
studies of social motivation and communication in mice — research with implications for
autism and drug addiction — had moved too
far from the department's focus on clinical plastic surgery and that the department would have to let him go.
Dr. Zhu said he believes the
study provides the scientific community with an important animal model to
further investigate ARID1B's role in human brain disorders and will be a useful tool for therapeutic testing of potential treatments for
autism, intellectual disability, and Coffin - Siris syndrome.
The new
study, published this month by Molecular
Autism in a special issue on sex differences in autism, further shows a stronger correlation between the expression level of RORA and that of genes regulated by RORA in
Autism in a special issue on sex differences in
autism, further shows a stronger correlation between the expression level of RORA and that of genes regulated by RORA in
autism,
further shows a stronger correlation between the expression level of RORA and that of genes regulated by RORA in males.
Young male toddlers with
autism were the focus of the
study because
autism is
far more prevalent in males.
Interestingly, our
study goes
further in elucidating the origins of
autism, because it turns out that movement is the most important differentiator in the gameplay data.
In their new
study, the investigators went even
further — looking beyond DNA «spelling» variations to find other types of genetic changes associated with
autism.
The evidence is pretty compelling that something is going on with air pollution and
autism,» says Kalkbrenner, who adds that
further study is needed to determine the neurodevelopmental impacts of specific chemical pollutants during precise developmental windows.
It is important to emphasise that this
study is still very
far removed from having any direct relevance to people with
autism.
The PGC is currently genotyping new samples to
further study schizophrenia and additional psychiatric diseases, including
autism and bipolar disorder.
While we do not advocate changes in vaccine policy or practice, we believe that additional
studies are warranted to
further evaluate any potential associations between first - trimester maternal influenza vaccination and
autism.
This
study therefore characterizes the structural and cellular bone phenotype in a mouse model of
autism that can be
further utilized to investigate therapeutic avenues to treat bone fractures in children with
autism.
This latest
study 9, out last week, is even
further support that a gluten - free diet makes sense and benefits children with
autism.
There is a lot more in Paul Whiteley's post that addresses gut microbioime dysbiosis but I don't want to digress any
further than needed to make my point, and that is, that for some celiac, they need to increase dietary restrictions beyond gluten - free; some use the Specific Carbohydrate Diet which was the first celiac diet and which shows promise with other autoimmunes (see the post, FOOD MANAGING IBD &
AUTISM: THE
STUDIES).
While scientists explore
further how EMR - exposure reduces melatonin production and
study whether EMR - induced oxidative stress contributes to
autism — along with many other questions — we ought to first, do no harm to our children.
Top tips on supporting children with
autism plus
further free resources including books, case
studies, webinars and much more from The National Autistic Society.