Researchers identified a gene in fruit flies that helps prevent the hyperexcitability of specific neurons that trigger seizures. In humans,
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Although psychiatric disorders can be linked to particular genes, the brain regions and mechanisms underlying particular disorders are not well-understood.
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A new paper that challenges widely held ideas about autism has attracted comments from more than 30 scholars across the
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The cause of autism has long been researched — and debated. The sensory processing disorder has been wrongly linked to
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Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive
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Screening for autism at three years of age only identifies those with significant developmental delay, and not those with less
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The neural ‘time windows’ in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new research suggests.
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