Is excess brain fluid an early marker of autism?
Brain scans of hundreds of infants suggest that up to 80 percent of those with autism have unusual amounts of cerebrospinal fluid. Researchers are studying how this might contribute to the condition.
Brain scans of hundreds of infants suggest that up to 80 percent of those with autism have unusual amounts of cerebrospinal fluid. Researchers are studying how this might contribute to the condition.
Academics are not always aware of the standards — both explicit and implicit — that are used to assess them for promotion. We explore these expectations and more in this month’s issue of the Spectrum Launch newsletter.
The most prevalent conditions include obesity, neurological disorders, anxiety and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
The 4-year-old journal focuses on research that aims to improve the lives of autistic adults.
The New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City is undergoing an audit and a change in leadership following a suicide that occurred during one of its clinical trials.
A speech-language pathologist by training, Wetherby has spent more than four decades developing tools to help identify and treat autism early; now her work has taken on a more personal sense of urgency.
The mutation increases the activity of an autism-linked protein and leads to social difficulties and other behavioral differences in mice.
Children with congenital heart disease have an increased likelihood of autism. Why?
The request is energizing scientists investigating autistic people who largely don’t communicate with spoken words.
When combined with tissue-inflation methods, the microscope can image axons without the need for tissue slicing, the researchers say.