Some mutations tied to autism may be passed down from fathers
Some children with autism carry rare mutations in DNA segments that flank genes and control their expression — and they tend...
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The latest research, clinical and policy news from the Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute (ANDI) and its affiliated faculty.
Top autism gene may alter sensory perception
An unusual brain response to sound may distinguish children with mutations in SCN2A, a leading candidate gene for autism.
Loss of autism gene makes mice sensitive to pain
Mice lacking CNTNAP2, a gene strongly linked to autism, are acutely sensitive to pain, according to a new study. Loss of the...
In autism, brain’s emotion hub begins with too many cells
The amygdala, a brain region that governs emotions, may contain an unusually high number of neurons in young children with...
The next installment of the ANDI lecture series will be held on April 12 at 2121 H Street NW, Room B114 from 11am to 12pm and...
Autistic Brains Function Oppositely to Psychotic Ones
According to the diametric model of mental illness, superficially similar social deficits in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)...
Autism: Anti-cancer drug may improve social behavior
New research led by the State University of New York at Buffalo suggests that an anti-cancer drug may be able to reverse...
Sensory aspects of speech linked to language issues in autism
Children with autism pay just as much attention to speech that doesn’t match lip movements as to speech in which sight and...
Flurry of studies hint at folic acid’s protective role in autism
Folic acid, a B vitamin, may lower autism risk and ease features of the condition, according to findings from five unrelated...
Autism genes abound in DNA regions involved in learning
The same processes that enable the brain to store new memories may also control many autism genes, a new study suggests.
The next installment of the ANDI lecture series will be held on March 1st at 2121 H Street NW, Room B114 from 11am to 12pm
Autism shares brain signature with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Gene expression patterns in the brains of people with autism are similar to those of people who have schizophrenia or bipolar...
ANDI Lecture Series: February 15
The next installment of the ANDI lecture series will be held on February 15th at District House, Room B114 from 11am to 12pm ...
Duplication of DNA on chromosome 7 increases risk of autism
Roughly one in five children who has an extra piece of chromosome 7 also meets the criteria for an autism diagnosis, according...
Variant analysis may vastly underestimate heritability of autism behaviors
An analysis of DNA variants suggests the heritability of childhood behavior problems, including autism traits, is about 6...