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First evidence of immune response targeting brain cells in autism
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Summary: Examining postmortem brains of ASD patients, researchers discover an accumulation of immune cells surrounding blood vessels in the brain. They also found blebs accumulating around blood vessels that contained astrocyte debris. The findings suggest autism may be an autoimmune disorder. Source: BIDMC Autism spectrum disorders affect one in […]
Monroe County Public Library exhibits human book collection
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Izzy Myszak Buy Photos Reva Duke speaks to a Bloomington resident Oct. 26 in the Monroe County Public Library during the Human Library event. Duke talked about homelessness and illiteracy during her table talk. The Monroe County Public Library asks for visitors to care for the books they check […]
The Real Story About Organoids: What You Should Know About “Brains In A Dish”
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The Washington Post/Getty Images We’ve heard a lot in the last few years about organoids, the so-called “brains in a dish” created in labs by neuroscientists. But as with many neuroscience topics, a wide gulf separates viral newsiness from reality. Scientists at Neuroscience 2019 , the annual conference of […]
Decades-old collection of monkey brain tissue goes virtual
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A new online library contains a vast assortment of digitized macaque brain slides. The free resource may help researchers study conditions such as autism. Researchers presented the library, called MacBrainResource, on Sunday at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The material comes from Pasko Rakic […]
Brain imaging reveals neural correlates of human social behavior
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CHICAGO — Advances in the study of human social behavior may lead to a better understanding of normal processes such as empathy and theory of mind, as well as dysregulated conditions including autism spectrum disorder. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2019, the annual meeting of the Society for […]
Predicting Autism with Electrophysiology
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New research finds potential biomarkers for ASD within the first year of life. One thing we know from decades of research in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is that early intervention improves long-term outcomes. Essentially, the earlier we can diagnose ASD and begin intervention, the better. Unfortunately, our gold standard […]
New therapeutic strategy may help PTEN mutation symptoms
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A visual representation of a genome sequence. Autism is a developmental disorder that affects 1 in 59 children in the U.S. Mutations in specific genes, such as PTEN, can explain many autism cases. While children with mutations in PTEN exhibit autism, macrocephaly (an abnormally large skull), intellectual disability and […]
Studies of autism spectrum disorder reveal new avenues of neuroscience research
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CHICAGO — Advances in the study of cognitive disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), may pave the way for future treatments. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2019, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. […]
Mock flu triggers changes in brain, behavior of monkeys
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Marmosets exposed to a mock infection in the womb show altered vocal development and diminished social interest. The results herald the second primate species to model the effects of maternal immune activation , one of the strongest environmental theories of autism. Researchers presented the unpublished study today at the […]