A team of scientists has found similarities in brain impairments in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. The study involved brain imaging of white matter in 200 children.
Date Posted: July 28, 2016
Categories: Adult ADHD, Autism spectrum disorders, Obsessions & Compulsions ...
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One of the more prominent examples, the “broken mirror hypothesis”, suggests that an impaired development of the mirror neuron system (MNS) is to blame. First observed in monkeys, mirror neurons are more active when you perform a certain action ...
Jul 28
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Most children who learn more than one language gain valuable skills, and researchers say this may also be true for children with autism
Jul 27
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Families face a myriad of choices—and not all of them have been shown to be effective
Jul 15
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Scientists report a new degree of success in using brain scans to distinguish between adults diagnosed with autism and people without the disorder, an advance that could lead to the development of a diagnostic tool.
Apr 15
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Medical experts in Newcastle, UK, say that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are still being diagnosed later than they should be, meaning they are not getting access to specialist services early enough.
Apr 2
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Brain maps of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show different levels of connectivity between parts of the brain compared with typical individuals, scientists report.
Mar 14
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison spin-off is screening blood samples in an effort to develop a biologically based method to diagnose autism.
Mar 2
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a group of highly inheritable behavioural disorders that pose major personal and public health concerns. Patients with ASDs have mild to severe communication difficulties, repetitive behaviour and social ...
Feb 18
Categories: Asperger's Syndrome, Autism spectrum disorders
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An increasing proportion of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are undergoing recommended evaluation in preschool years, but population rates of ASD remain higher in eight than four year-olds, a new study reports.
Dec 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development
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A five week treatment with the synthetic hormone oxytocin significantly improved social, emotional and behavioral issues among young children with autism, according to a University of Sydney research.
Oct 28
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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'ASD that goes unrecognised and untreated until the child is older than six may negatively affect their long-term prognosis,' Dr Miodovnik said.
Sep 17
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development, Developmental Disorders ...
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A study of about 800 children with autism found gender differences in a core feature of the disorder, as well as in the youngsters' brain structures. Girls with autism display less repetitive and restricted behavior than boys do, according to the ...
Sep 5
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Oppositional & Defiant Behavior in ...
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Imagine the way you might smell a rose. You'd take a nice big sniff to breathe in the sweet but subtle floral scent. Upon walking into a public restroom, you'd likely do just the opposite--abruptly limiting the flow of air through your nose. Now, ...
Jul 4
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Ten weeks of intensive reading intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder was enough to strengthen the activity of loosely connected areas of their brains that work together to comprehend reading, researchers have found.
Jun 25
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Several genetic factors are known to influence the etiology of ASD, but these do not apply to the majority of autistic patients. The importance of environmental factors in the development of ASD has been gaining ground, namely the contribution of ...
Jun 25
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Thousands of children are being medicated for ADHD – when the ...
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