Autism caused by too many synapses
A new study says children with autism “have too many synapses.”...
read moreEnhancing communication in autistic children
Personalized interventions combined with tablets can greatly improve the communication skills of autistic children with minimal verbal skills....
read moreDysfunctional synapses can lead to autism
New research indicates that faulty synapses may be to blame for things like autism, depression, epilepsy and substance abuse....
read moreHead injuries can make kids loners
Researchers at Brigham Young University who studied a group of children three years after they experienced a TBI discovered that the injury may lower social competence....
read moreReduced motor skills in early infancy may be autism
Research out of the Kennedy Krieger Institute indicates that limit motor skills in early infancy may be a trait of autism....
read more100-year-old drug reverse autism symptoms in mice
A 100-year-old drug used to treat African sleeping sickness has been found to reverse autism-like symptoms in mice. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that the drug restored normal cellular signaling in a...
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