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Study suggests sleep disturbances among infants may lead to altered brain
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 9 (ANI): Novel research has found that sleep problems in a baby's first 12 months may not only precede an autism diagnosis but also may be associated with altered growth trajectory in a key part of the brain, the hippocampus.
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Novel method for measuring quality of life for people on autism spectrum
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): Researchers show that a set of simple questionnaires can help clinicians and families better evaluate the quality of life of people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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Study finds abnormally low levels of key protein in brains of young men wi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): Researchers using cutting-edge imaging technology have shown that the brains of young men with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have low levels of a protein that appears to play a role in inflammation and metabolism.
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One-fourth of autism cases are not diagnosed in children
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Jersey [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A majority of children under the age of eight with autism-spectrum disorders predominantly Black and Hispanic are not given the required treatment.
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Scientists find missing protein in brain causes behaviours mirroring autis
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that when an essential key protein needed to generate novel brain cells during pregnancy and early childhood days of the offspring is missing, which makes the brain goes haywire. This particular deprivation causes an imbalance i
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One-fourth of autistic cases in children are not diagnosed
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Jersey [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): One-fifth of the children under eight years of age with autism spectrum disorders, predominantly Black and Hispanic are not treated.
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Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 29 (ANI): According to an analysis, identical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differences in symptom severity even though they share the same DNA.
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Severity of autism symptoms differ greatly even among identical twins
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 28 (ANI): A study has found that identical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), although they have the same genes, frequently suffer major differences in symptoms. The findings also suggested that the origins of this variation may affect the management of sym
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Children with autism lack applied behaviour analysis therapists for treatm
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 14 (ANI): As the number of cases suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasing, a recent study says how insufficient is the supply of certified applied behaviour analysis (ABA) providers to meet the needs of children with autism.
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Study finds shortage of therapists to treat children with autism
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A recent study has unveiled a shocking truth about the insufficient supply of certified applied behaviour analysis (ABA) providers to meet the needs of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in nearly every state.
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Children with Autism spectrum disorder unlikely to indulge in conversation
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): Children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have an obvious disadvantage of being unable to carry out meaningful conversations with their peers says new research which points out that if left unaided these kids withdraw from social interactions and fail t
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Risk of Autism spectrum disorder linked to decrease in placental steroid
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Oct 21 (ANI): In a new study it has been found that allopregnanolone, one of many hormones produced by the placenta during pregnancy, is so essential to normal fetal brain development that the decrease in the supply can cause Autism.
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