A distinct DNA methylation signature has been discovered in cord blood of children who are later diagnosed with autism. The findings could provide a new biomarker for early detection and intervention for ASD.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Choroid Plexus: A Conduit for Prenatal Inflammation?
Mouse study reveals the choroid plexus can act as a conduit for inflammation that can arise from maternal inflammation, impacting fetal brain development.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Research Challenges Conventional Wisdom About Key Autism Trait
Sensorimotor problems associated with ASD are caused by several complex and precise neurobiological processes, including differences in the way those with autism perceive the world around them.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Small Increase in Risk of Autism Seen for Pre- and Post-Term Births
The risk of ASD may increase slightly for every week a child is born before or after 40 weeks gestation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Immune System Affects Mind and Body
The immune molecule interleukin-17 (Il-17a) appears to influence vigilance and alertness in mouse models. Findings suggest the immune cell affects both brain function and behavior.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Preschool-Aged Biomarker Discovered For Autism
The levels of a protein called FABP4 are significantly lower in children aged four-to-six in children with autism.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Imagery Reveals Autism-Related Brain Differences
People on the autism spectrum have lower levels of a protein that regulates serotonin in the brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Autism May Not Be Tied to Mindblindness
Reassessing years of research on Theory of Mind in autism, researchers argue the brains of those with ASD may be able to grasp what others think but may have a more difficult time processing the degree to which others think differently from themselves.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Guilt by Dissociation: The Role of Serotonin in Autism
SERT Ala56 impacts the structure of the SERT protein cells, increasing the activity of the transporter to abnormally high levels. The high-activity state results in the removal of too much serotonin from brain sites where serotonin is needed, both duri…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Flu Vaccination in Pregnant Women Did Not Increase Risk of Autism
Study refutes any association between the H1N1 vaccine given to pregnant women and an increased risk of autism diagnosis in children.
