He also wants to figure out why the early overgrowth
in autistic brains is followed by slowed or arrested growth.
The extra neurons
in the autistic brain probably send out a vast number of extra connections to other neurons.
On the other hand, dysfunctional speech - related neural processing
in the autistic brain might also denote a deficiency of oscillation coordination, based on temporal integration deficits, that reaches beyond the auditory modality.
Not exact matches
Compounds produced
in the digestive system have been linked to
autistic - type behaviour
in laboratory settings, potentially demonstrating that what
autistic children eat can alter their
brain function, say scientists from the University of Western Ontario.
In Siegal's book The World of the Autistic Child, it was suggested that the sleep problems faced by autistic children may also be a result of the way autistic neurotransmitters in the brain functio
In Siegal's book The World of the
Autistic Child, it was suggested that the sleep problems faced by autistic children may also be a result of the way autistic neurotransmitters in the brain f
Autistic Child, it was suggested that the sleep problems faced by
autistic children may also be a result of the way autistic neurotransmitters in the brain f
autistic children may also be a result of the way
autistic neurotransmitters in the brain f
autistic neurotransmitters
in the brain functio
in the
brain function.
As the
autistic brain grows
in the womb, it bursts with an overabundance of neurons.
The brainlike structures created from cells taken from
autistic children showed increased activity
in genes that control
brain - cell growth and development.
Brainlike cell bundles grown
in a lab may expose some of the biological differences of
autistic brains.
Miller has also seen physiological similarities
in the
brains of
autistic savants and patients with frontotemporal dementia.
The abnormality thus detected consists
in a less deep fold
in Broca's area, a region of the
brain specialized
in language and communication, functions that are impaired
in autistic patients.
For a paper published
in the International Journal of Psychophysiology, the researchers observed the EEG measures of 13
autistic children and 13 neurotypical children (children with a mean age of 10 years old without an intellectual deficiency or sleep problem and who were not on medication) and found that disruptions
in protective
brain waves during sleep are associated with lower results on verbal IQ tests.
The authors suggest that the intricate balance between the signaling of neurons
in these three
brain regions may be crucial for normal social behavior
in humans, and that disruption may contribute to various psychiatric conditions, including
autistic spectrum disorders.
Situations that are normally socially rewarding fail to activate
brain - reward circuitry
in autistic children, Izuma adds, so they may also find the idea of a good social reputation less rewarding.
Instead of changing to accommodate a job, connectivity
in key
brain networks of
autistic children looks similar to connectivity
in the resting
brain.
The finding could help researchers understand more about the relationship between
autistic traits and how the
brain adapts to problem solving
in the general population.
If these mutations happen during embryonic development, there could be several neurological problems: the child could become
autistic, kids could be born with seizure disorder, or the developing neurons might not migrate to their proper site
in the
brain.
Gradually he built up a picture of the
autistic brain from infancy to adulthood, zeroing
in on a crucial distinction between those who have autism and those who don't.
The involvement of this enzyme
in susceptibility to oxidative stress, which has frequently been observed
in autistic children, its association with gastrointestinal diseases — which often accompany
autistic disorders — and its role
in nerve development and neurotransmission mean it is an ideal candidate for deregulation of its expression to lead to the abnormal
brain development observed
in ASD.
«We had
brain tissue from
autistic individuals as young as 5 and as old as 45 and we found neuroglial inflammation
in all of them.
By tracking the subjects» eye movements and
brains, Dalton and Davidson found that the
autistic children spent less time fixing their gaze on the eyes
in the photographs.
Past that age, Courchesne found, the rate of
brain growth slowed
in autistic children, falling behind that of ordinary children.
Even normal
brains can vary enormously
in size and structure, so it was hard to see what, if anything, set
autistic brains apart.
Last November he reported the first results: On average,
autistic brains had many more neurons
in some regions than normal
brains.
In a 2005 study in the Annals of Neurology, he found inflammation in immune - responsive brain cells of autistic patient
In a 2005 study
in the Annals of Neurology, he found inflammation in immune - responsive brain cells of autistic patient
in the Annals of Neurology, he found inflammation
in immune - responsive brain cells of autistic patient
in immune - responsive
brain cells of
autistic patients.
Working with the
brains of six normal children and seven
autistic children ages 2 to 16, most of whom died of drowning, Courchesne has studied neurons under the microscope and even counted the number of neural cells
in different tissue samples.
Autistic children exhibited similar activity
in their
brains» movement centers, but function
in the mirror - neuron centers was conspicuously low.
«New studies point to autism beginning
in the womb,» said Courchesne, who, with colleagues, published one such widely reported study last year detailing disrupted
brain development
in post-mortem
brains of
autistic children.
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 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.
One theory of
autistic savantism suggests that during fetal development or early
in life, some developmental abnormality affects the
brain's left side, resulting
in the difficulties that many
autistic people have with words and social interaction, functions typically processed by the left hemisphere.
Functional imaging studies have also shown that
autistic minds show decreased activity and connectivity
in areas of the so - called «social
brain» — regions important for language, face recognition and emotion.
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences
in brain anatomy
in autistic children.
Interestingly, many of the genes identified
in this study have been shown to have lower gene activity at the molecular level
in autistic post mortem
brain tissue samples.
Six of the 7 cases
in the
autistic group had neuron counts that met or exceeded the regression line of those
in the control group, indicating that they had as many or more neurons than would be predicted from their large
brain weights.
A May study
in Nature found that 65 percent of
autistic children share a set of mutations that may regulate genes known to influence communication among
brain cells.
The 1
autistic child with a
brain size within the 95 % CI of controls had among the greatest prefrontal neuron counts
in the study, which raises the question of whether excess prefrontal neuron counts may be present
in other
autistic children who have near normal or smaller
brain sizes.
Also, our sample of
autistic cases had
brain weights typical of
brain weights
in larger postmortem samples of
autistic children.
For the 6 cases
in the
autistic group without a confounding seizure disorder, the mean
brain weight deviation predicted from their actual total prefrontal neuron counts was 29.4 % beyond age - based norms.
An
autistic boy with a seizure disorder was an exception
in that he had fewer neurons than would be predicted for his
brain weight (closed circle within circle).
Probiotic treatment reduces the
autistic - like excitation / inhibition imbalance
in juvenile hamsters induced by orally administered propionic acid and clindamycin — Afaf El - Ansary — Metabolic
Brain Disease
Are
Autistic Traits
in the General Population Related to Global and Regional
Brain Differences?
«It is this divide
in language skills and use, which mirrors the opposite social profiles, that led us to explore how
brains of individuals with Williams syndrome and
autistic spectrum disorders process language,» says Fishman.
Researchers at four study sites nationwide used a type of MRI scan to look at
brain development
in the younger siblings of
autistic children, who are known to be at higher risk for autism themselves.
Supplements of omega 3 fatty acids or foods high on this nutrient is also recommended to
autistic people as it is deficient
in their case and hence can help their
brain and bodily functions.
With the use of vitamins and other nutrients,
autistic children can achieve higher
brain function, improvement
in sleep patterns and an increase
in the function of the immune system.
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Houston went even further by including all special - education students, even those not on grade level,
in its testing program, except those classified as multiply impaired, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed,
autistic, hearing impaired, or having a traumatic
brain injury.
As a child behaviour therapist who worked with
autistic preschoolers as well as
brain injured teenagers with sometimes violent behaviours, I was extensively trained
in how to observe behaviour, and then dole out the appropriate consequences — whether positive or negative.
She has worked with youth
in crisis and
autistic and
brain - injured youth at the Children's Unit at Binghamton University.
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In a 3 month period of time [1] I came out of the closet with being
Autistics [2] we bought and moved into a travel trailer because we had spent all of our money, and I was naive enough to tell everyone that we were now poor but so blessed and did not care because we now lived near our wonderful friends
in the mountains [3] I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy [4] swiftly bloated up 30 pounds, developed lizard skin, hair loss and was no longer cute and young looking for my age [5] meds made me cry over anything and seemed to suck out all my brain cells [chemo brain is rea
in the mountains [3] I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy [4] swiftly bloated up 30 pounds, developed lizard skin, hair loss and was no longer cute and young looking for my age [5] meds made me cry over anything and seemed to suck out all my
brain cells [chemo
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