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Autism

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Puberty Triggers Brain Rewiring in Genetic Condition Tied to Autism

Categories Brain & Behavior
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Multilingualism Offers Unexpected Benefits for Children with Autism

Categories Brain & Behavior
In this study, researchers used positron emission tomography and a special tracer to study the relationship between the distribution of an important neuronal receptor (AMPA) and the occurrence and severity of different psychiatric disorders.

Breakthrough Brain Imaging Technique Reveals New Insights into Psychiatric Disorders

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology
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Dungeons and Dragons Empowers Autistic Players, Study Finds

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
plastic products

Association found between exposure to plastics and autism in boys

Categories Brain & Behavior
A cross-section of the somatosensory cortex in a young mouse brain. A key receptor protein named mGluR1 (green) is necessary to prime sensory circuits early in life, affecting how the mouse senses the world through touch.

Brain Protein Discovery Could Lead to New Autism Treatments

Categories Brain & Behavior
A section of a mouse juvenile brain (cerebral cortex) showing cell nuclei (blue), microglia (red) and the activation of a specific gene called Hes1 (white).

Harvard Study Reveals Maternal Immune Response Impacts Fetal Brain Development, Linked to Autism Risk

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans
CSF normally flows continuously throughout the extra-axial and perivascular spaces, where it filters out inflammatory proteins, before draining efficiently from the extra-axial space. Credit: Dea Garic & Mark Shen.

Enlarged Spaces in Infant Brains Linked to Higher Risk of Autism, Sleep Problems

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
Autism illustration. Pixabay

New genetic clues uncovered in largest study of families with multiple children with autism

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health
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Higher Number of Undiagnosed Autistic Individuals in England Revealed by Study

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
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Positive Outcomes for Late Autism Diagnosis, Study Shows

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences
Pi on a blackboard Credit: geralt

Search is on for ‘super memorisers’ to help scientists unlock the secrets of memory

Categories Brain & Behavior
Fumigation truck

Common insecticide tied to neurodevelopmental disorders

Categories Brain & Behavior

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