SynapDx Corp. launches the largest, multi-site, clinical study for autism to date with 660 participating children. The study will determine the validity of a blood test in aiding pediatricians to identify and diagnose autism at a younger age. Autism diagnosis in America on average occurs at 4.5 years of age, but pediatricians and parents report [...]
A recent study conducted by Loren Martin, Ph.D., professor and director of research for the Department of Graduate Psychology at Azusa Pacific University, links birth order to the severity of autism. Drawing from more than 300 sibling pairs diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange database, the study presents the largest [...]
A Danish, population-based study followed 655,615 children born from 1996 to 2006 through December 2010 to measure the association between use of the anti-epileptic medication valproate and autism spectrum disorders. 5,437 of these children were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders during the study, with an average age of 8.8 years at follow-up. Of these diagnoses, [...]
A drug previously intended for the treatment of obesity has been found to block cerebral receptors responsible for abnormal neuronal expressions. Researchers at the University of the Basque Country and the Achucarro neurosciences centre found that the pharmaceutical drug Rimonabant, which was taken off the market due to presumed psychiatric consequences, may be beneficial when [...]
Collaboration between Penn State, University of California Davis/MIND Institute, and the University of Washington gained strides towards early detection and prevention with the identification of increased genetic change in concentrated areas of the genome that influence DNA structure in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. The study weighs the nature versus nurture debates among current autism research. [...]
In a lab game that requires a child to compete with two adults for a prize, many children with autism show insight into how other people’s thoughts influence their behavior. The finding, from a Brisbane, Australia based psychologist, suggests that previous research measuring this ability, called theory of mind, did not do justice to how [...]
At 7 months old, children who are later diagnosed with autism take a split second longer to shift their gaze, as compared with typically developing children of the same age. Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health measured a 25 to 50 millisecond difference when measuring eye movements and visual attention—too brief a time [...]
A new study on patterns of brain communication in toddlers with autism demonstrates problems with neural communication even at this early stage of brain development, according to an article in Brain Connectivity, a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal. A team of researchers from The Netherlands (University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, [...]
Autism Prevalence at 1 in 50 for School-Age Children There are as many as one in 50 school age children in the U.S. diagnosed with autism, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a 72 percent increase from 2007. However, researchers attribute the rise to improved detection [...]
It is a well known fact that simply by taking essential vitamins and folic acid prior and especially during pregnancy, helps prevent spina bifida, neural tube defects etc. And according to a new study, folic acid may also reduce the risk of autism spectrum disorder. Autism Birth Cohort Study, a subset of the Norwegian Mother [...]
