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Newswise: Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California
Released: 23-Mar-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California
University of California San Diego

Autism rates are on the rise in the United States, and especially in California. UC San Diego researchers link changing rates and demographics to increased early-detection.

Released: 23-Mar-2023 1:55 PM EDT
CDC Report Shows Overall and Maryland Autism Rate Increase Among 8-Year-Olds
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that found a continued rise in the overall prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in 2020, the year the data was collected, as well as notable sex and racial/ethnic trends.

23-Mar-2023 10:50 AM EDT
Rates of Autism Climb to New Highs in the U.S., With California Setting Record Numbers
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New federal studies coauthored by autism experts at Rutgers found that more children have been diagnosed with autism than at any time since monitoring began more than two decades ago. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 4 percent of 8-year-old boys and 1 percent of 8-year-old girls, have autism in the U.S. These estimates are the highest since the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network was created in 2000.

10-Mar-2023 4:55 PM EST
Researchers Identify Novel Genes That May Increase Risk For Schizophrenia
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers have identified two previously unknown genes linked to schizophrenia and newly implicated a third gene as carrying risk for both schizophrenia and autism. Led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the multi-center study further demonstrated that the schizophrenia risk conferred by these rare damaging variants is conserved across ethnicities. The study may also point to new therapeutics. The findings were published in the March 13 online issue of Nature Genetics.

Newswise: Ancient virus genome drives autism?
Released: 10-Mar-2023 1:05 PM EST
Ancient virus genome drives autism?
Kobe University

Although autism is a common neurodevelopmental disorder, the multiple factors behind its onset are still not fully understood.

Released: 7-Mar-2023 1:15 PM EST
Children at Risk for Autism Struggle to Notice Mismatched Audio and Video
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers research that may eventually enable far earlier autism diagnoses shows that typically developing infants perceive audio-video synchrony better than high-risk for autism infants.

Newswise: UC Davis study uncovers age-related brain differences in autistic individuals
3-Mar-2023 10:05 AM EST
UC Davis study uncovers age-related brain differences in autistic individuals
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

Differences in genes involved in inflammation, immunity response and neural transmissions begin in childhood and evolve across the lifespan in brains of people with autism, a UC Davis MIND Institute has found.

Released: 28-Feb-2023 6:05 PM EST
How does wildfire smoke affect pregnancy and children?
UC Davis MIND Institute

UC Davis researchers have been awarded $1.35 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to study the health impacts of wildfire smoke on pregnant people and children.

Released: 24-Feb-2023 10:55 AM EST
The far-reaching consequences of child abuse
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Maltreatment during childhood is an especially serious risk factor for health problems in the exposed individual, as it brings a host of lifelong consequences.

   
Newswise: A giant step forward in understanding autism
14-Feb-2023 4:55 PM EST
A giant step forward in understanding autism
Universite de Montreal

Canadian researchers show that in Fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of autism, sensory signals from the outside world are underrepresented by cortical pyramidal neurons in the brain. This phenomenon could provide important clues to the underlying cause of the syndrome's symptoms.

Newswise: New Study May Help to Explain Smell Challenges in Individuals with Autism
Released: 13-Feb-2023 10:05 AM EST
New Study May Help to Explain Smell Challenges in Individuals with Autism
New York Institute of Technology, New York Tech

A new study could help explain how the sense of smell is impacted in individuals with autism.

     
Newswise: Toddlers’ Attention to 'Motherese' Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism
6-Feb-2023 11:00 AM EST
Toddlers’ Attention to 'Motherese' Speech May Be Used to Diagnose Autism
University of California San Diego

Toddlers’ level of attention to "motherese" speech can be used as a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). UC San Diego scientists developed a new eye-tracking test to measure it, which can accurately identify toddlers with a subtype of ASD.

Released: 31-Jan-2023 8:10 PM EST
IQ changes over time may help track development, guide intervention in autistic youth
UC Davis MIND Institute

A new study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers finds that changes in the IQ level of autistic youth may help predict their developmental path as adolescents.

Released: 26-Jan-2023 4:15 PM EST
Tweets reveal where in cities people express different emotions and other behavioral studies in the Behavioral Science channel
Newswise

Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Behavioral Science channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

       
Newswise: Why are human brains so powerful? University of Kentucky, Hebrew University partner to find out
Released: 26-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Why are human brains so powerful? University of Kentucky, Hebrew University partner to find out
University of Kentucky

Researchers at the University of Kentucky and Hebrew University in Jerusalem are partnering to study the complexity of the human brain. Specifically, researchers will test whether new, so-far unknown proteins exist in the brain.Labs from the two institutions have obtained a joint grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) to study new aspects of RNA biology.

Newswise: Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail
Released: 26-Jan-2023 10:35 AM EST
Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Human brain atlases can be used by medical professionals to track normative trends over time and to pinpoint crucial aspects of early brain development. By using these atlases, they are able to see what typical structural and functional development looks like, making it easier for them to spot the symptoms of abnormal development, such as attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and cerebral palsy.

18-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Study Logs Five-Fold Increase in Autism in New York-New Jersey Region
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Documented cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the New York–New Jersey metro region increased by as much as 500 percent between 2000 and 2016, with the highest increase among children without intellectual disabilities, according to a Rutgers study.

Newswise: Federally funded studies into treatment for chronic conditions overlook efficacy in adults with autism, analysis finds
Released: 17-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Federally funded studies into treatment for chronic conditions overlook efficacy in adults with autism, analysis finds
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Physical health disparity conditions in autistic adults have not been the focus of any research funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the last four decades, an analysis of a federal database found.

Released: 16-Jan-2023 4:35 PM EST
The link between mental health and ADHD is strong – so why aren’t we paying attention?
University of Bath

Adults with high levels of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than adults with high levels of autistic traits, according to new research led by psychologists at the University of Bath in the UK.

Newswise: A novel, powerful tool to unveil the communication between gut microbes and the brain
Released: 13-Jan-2023 4:50 PM EST
A novel, powerful tool to unveil the communication between gut microbes and the brain
Baylor College of Medicine

In the past decade, researchers have begun to appreciate the importance of a two-way communication that occurs between microbes in the gastrointestinal tract and the brain, known as the gut–brain axis.

Released: 11-Jan-2023 1:20 PM EST
Free symptom questionnaire may help indicate whether a child has autism
Wiley

Investigators have developed a freely available measure of autism symptoms that can help to screen for autism and monitor changes over time in symptoms.

Newswise: Model explains how autism arises
Released: 29-Dec-2022 2:10 PM EST
Model explains how autism arises
University of Gothenburg

The development of autism may now become easier to understand, thanks to an explanatory model presented in a thesis from University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Newswise:Video Embedded virtual-reality-game-to-objectively-detect-adhd
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Released: 20-Dec-2022 5:05 AM EST
Virtual reality game to objectively detect ADHD
Aalto University

A virtual reality game offers an objective assessment of attention deficit disorders and may lead to an improved therapeutic approach

   
Released: 5-Dec-2022 4:05 PM EST
We ain't misbehavin' here. The latest news in Behavioral Science on Newswise
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Behavioral Science channel on Newswise, a free source for journalists.

       
Released: 5-Dec-2022 11:40 AM EST
Trial to test whether drug that targets gut bacteria can improve irritability in teenagers with autism
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

A new trial will test whether a medication that targets gut bacteria can also improve irritability in teenagers with autism spectrum disorder.

Released: 30-Nov-2022 12:45 PM EST
UCI researchers discover crucial role of brain’s striatum cilia in time perception
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 30, 2022 — Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that removal of cilia from the brain’s striatum region impaired time perception and judgment, revealing possible new therapeutic targets for mental and neurological conditions including schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases, autism spectrum disorder, and Tourette syndrome.

Released: 30-Nov-2022 9:00 AM EST
People with autism are not 'indifferent or hypo-sensitive' to pain
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise:Video Embedded gene-that-guides-earliest-social-behaviors-could-be-key-to-understanding-autism
VIDEO
20-Nov-2022 9:00 PM EST
Gene that guides earliest social behaviors could be key to understanding autism
University of Utah Health

A new animal study points to a gene that is important for the earliest development of basic social behaviors.

Released: 21-Nov-2022 12:45 PM EST
Gene Mutation Leading to Autism Found to Overstimulate Brain Cells
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Scientists looking to understand the fundamental brain mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder have found that a gene mutation known to be associated with the disorder causes an overstimulation of brain cells far greater than that seen in neuronal cells without the mutation. The Rutgers-led study, spanning seven years, employed some of the most advanced approaches available in the scientific toolbox, including growing human brain cells from stem cells and transplanting them into mouse brains.

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VIDEO
Released: 17-Nov-2022 2:15 PM EST
Story tips: Genetic markers for autism, hiding in plain sight; Recyclable composites help drive net-zero goal; Evaluating buildings in real time; Nanoreactor grows hydrogen-storage crystals
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Genetic markers for autism, hiding in plain sight; Recyclable composites help drive net-zero goal; Evaluating buildings in real time; Nanoreactor grows hydrogen-storage crystals

   
Released: 14-Nov-2022 4:05 PM EST
The hunt for disrupted brain signals behind autism
Ohio State University

New research findings in mouse models of one genetic risk for autism support the idea that loss of a specific gene interferes with cells in the brain whose role is to inhibit signaling.

Released: 9-Nov-2022 7:45 PM EST
Why eye contact is rare among people with autism
Yale University

A hallmark of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, is the reluctance to make eye contact with others in natural conditions.

   
Newswise: Study finds a gut-brain link tied to social development
Released: 9-Nov-2022 4:05 AM EST
Study finds a gut-brain link tied to social development
University of Oregon

University of Oregon neuroscientists discovered a pathway linking microbes in the gut to those in the brain, which could lead to new treatments for neurodevelopmental conditions.

   
Newswise: Renowned neuroscientist will lead Tulane Brain Institute as new Presidential Chair
Released: 8-Nov-2022 10:25 AM EST
Renowned neuroscientist will lead Tulane Brain Institute as new Presidential Chair
Tulane University

Matthew Dalva will succeed Jill Daniel, who has been head of the Brain Institute since its inception in 2016.

   
Released: 7-Nov-2022 8:05 AM EST
Adding Sensory Integration to Autism Assessments may yield More Individualized Treatment
Thomas Jefferson University

Additional insights can help guide interventions that can assist individuals in processing and understanding their surroundings better.

31-Oct-2022 6:00 PM EDT
Brain Changes in Autism Are Far More Sweeping Than Previously Known
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

The new study finds brain-wide changes in virtually all of the 11 cortical regions analyzed, regardless of whether they are higher critical association regions – those involved in functions such as reasoning, language, social cognition and mental flexibility – or primary sensory regions.

Released: 31-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT
How Do You Measure Success in Autism Clinical Trials?
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Shafali Spurling Jeste, MD, shares early findings—and a critical challenge—from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials. How do you know if a treatment for autism is effective? That’s a question that has no easy answer—due in large part to the heterogeneous nature of autism spectrum disorder.

Newswise: Building a 3D Brain Atlas
Released: 27-Oct-2022 5:10 PM EDT
Building a 3D Brain Atlas
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Texas Biomed will help map the developing brain with unprecedented detail for the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (BICAN). NIH recently awarded a total of $500 million to 11 teams that will work together to build a 3D brain atlas at single cell resolution over the next five years.

Released: 26-Oct-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Yes, People with Autism Have Empathy
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

A research group led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has proposed a new concept for predicting autism and autistic traits. Empathic disequilibrium combines two types of empathy into a single scale for the first time.

Released: 26-Oct-2022 12:50 PM EDT
Autistic People Are More Likely to Experience Depression and Anxiety During Pregnancy
University of Cambridge

Autistic people are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety during pregnancy, according to new research from the University of Cambridge.

Released: 25-Oct-2022 2:10 PM EDT
The latest news in Opioids, Drug Abuse, and Addiction
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Drugs and drug abuse channel.

Newswise: Brain-Like Organoids Grown in a Dish Provide Window into Autism
3-Oct-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Brain-Like Organoids Grown in a Dish Provide Window into Autism
University of Utah Health

Whatever you do, don’t call them “mini-brains,” say University of Utah Health scientists. Regardless, the seed-sized organoids—which are grown in the lab from human cells—contained an array of neural and other cell types found in the cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain involved in language, emotion, reasoning, and other high-level mental processes. They are providing insights into the brain and uncovering differences that may contribute to autism in some people.

   
Newswise: Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences
Released: 21-Sep-2022 8:30 AM EDT
Rare Human Gene Variant in ADHD, Autism Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences
Florida Atlantic University

Key differences in male and female mice brains provide new insights into how sex determines the mechanisms by which distinct synapses monitor and regulate dopamine signaling. The impact of sex differences is particularly pronounced when the mice express a human genetic variant found in boys with either ADHD or autism. Behavioral generalizations across the sexes may limit diagnosis of mental illness, especially if one sex translates alterations into outward signs such as hyperactivity and aggression vs. more internal manifestations such as learning, memory and mood, even when the same molecular pathology is at work.

Newswise: UCLA researcher awarded National Academy of Medicine prize for work on genetics of autism
15-Sep-2022 12:00 PM EDT
UCLA researcher awarded National Academy of Medicine prize for work on genetics of autism
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Dr. Daniel Geschwind was awarded the National Academy of Medicine’s top annual prize in mental health in recognition of his pioneering research and leadership in autism genetics.

Released: 12-Sep-2022 2:35 PM EDT
Anti-diarrhea medication may help treat core autism symptoms
Frontiers

Can you teach an old drug new tricks? Although drug treatments for the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not currently available, could an existing drug provide a new treatment, even if it previously had no association with ASD?

Released: 8-Sep-2022 10:15 AM EDT
Bloomberg School Researchers Awarded $11.7 Million Five-Year NIH Grant to Build and Lead Autism Center of Excellence Network
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Autism Center of Excellence will lead a global network of research projects studying the interplay of genetics and environmental factors. One aim is to identify modifiable factors to improve lives of people living with autism.

Newswise: New Study Suggests Ketamine May Be an Effective Treatment for Children With ADNP Syndrome
Released: 6-Sep-2022 3:45 PM EDT
New Study Suggests Ketamine May Be an Effective Treatment for Children With ADNP Syndrome
Mount Sinai Health System

Results of a small, but unique research study, led by researchers from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai and published online in Human Genetics and Genomic Advances, suggest that low-dose ketamine is generally safe, well-tolerated and effective to treat clinical symptoms in children diagnosed with ADNP syndrome (also known as Helsmoortel-VanDerAa syndrome), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the activity dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) gene.

Released: 1-Sep-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Circadian rhythm disruption found to be common among mental health disorders
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 – Anxiety, autism, schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome each have their own distinguishing characteristics, but one factor bridging these and most other mental disorders is circadian rhythm disruption, according to a team of neuroscience, pharmaceutical sciences and computer science researchers at the University of California, Irvine.



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