Study uncovers the role of mGluR1 in pruning early neural connections
Not everything in the brain is meant to last. As our brains assemble, trillions of neural connections have to be ...
Tag: Autism
Eye-tracking technology offers earlier, more accurate autism diagnosis
Nearly 3% of all children in the United States are diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...
Two new studies offer insights into the molecular biology of neuropsychiatric disease
Working under the umbrella of the PsychENCODE Consortium, the mental health research project established in 2015 by the National Institutes ...
Metabolomics study finds biomarkers predicting autism in newborns
A recent study published in the journal Communications Biology utilizes metabolomics in newborns to identify markers that might predict the ...
Gene linked to intellectual disability can regulate learning and memory
A gene previously linked to intellectual disability has been found to regulate learning and memory in mice. The gene, called ...
Discovery of a fundamental biological mechanism opens path for novel therapies
The lab of Yongchao C. Ma, PhD, at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's ...
Unlocking the molecular mysteries of autism and intellectual disability
A new study from a team of McGill University and Vanderbilt University researchers is shedding light on our understanding of ...
Study reveals high rates of intellectual disabilities among youth in foster care
Youth with foster care involvement have an increased risk for mental health diagnoses, trauma and worse outcomes in adulthood than ...
Exploring pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and stem cell therapies for treatment of autism spectrum disorders
A research study, led by Maurizio Battino and Francesca Giampieri, with a group of researchers from the Universidad Europea del ...
‘I’m not safe here’: Schools ignore federal rules on restraint and seclusion
Photos show blood splattered across a small bare-walled room in a North Carolina school where a second grader repeatedly punched ...
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