Autism rates are up, but is it really on the rise? - ews.sciencemag.org Monday, July 27, 2015 The number of U.S. school children placed in special education programs due to autism more than tripled from 2000 to 2010, to nearly...
New evidence linking brain mutation to autism, epilepsy and other neuro disorders - MNT Sunday, July 19, 2015 Findings, published 15 July in Nature Communications, reveal the extent a mutation associated with autism and epilepsy plays in...
Review examines nutritional issues related to autism spectrum disorder - MNT Sunday, July 19, 2015 About 1 in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder. This represents a 78% increase in the incidence of autism spectrum...
Scripps Florida scientists pinpoint mechanism for altered pattern of brain growth in autism spectrum disorder - MNT Sunday, July 19, 2015 As early as 1943, when autism was first described by psychiatrist Leo Kanner, reports were made that some, but not all, children with autism...
Miniature brains grown from skin cells 'provide autism insights' - MNT Sunday, July 19, 2015 Scientists have converted skin cells from patients with autism into stem cells and grown them into tiny brains in a dish, revealing...
MRI studies point to brain connectivity changes in autism spectrum disorders - MNT Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are beginning to reveal differences in brain connectivity--the ways that...
Brain study reveals insights into genetic basis of autism - MNT Wednesday, July 15, 2015 UNSW Australia scientists have discovered a link between autism and genetic changes in some segments of DNA that are responsible for...
Could a 'sniff test' lead to early autism diagnosis? - MNT Monday, July 13, 2015 A new study published in the journal Current Biology has identified differences in the way people with autism respond to smells...