Publication date: Jun 08, 2021 Theories for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been formulated at different levels: ranging from physiological observations to perceptual and behavioural descriptions. Understanding the physiological underpinnings ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 07, 2021 Stalled maturity: Brain organoids derived from boys and men with fragile X syndrome contain cells that fail to fully develop. Because of these molecular abnormalities, ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 07, 2021 Results showed 21 medications outperformed placebo on the co-primary outcomes, as did three psychosocial interventions; seven psychosocial interventions outperformed waiting list/no treatment. Included studies reported ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 08, 2021 We see that the bad sleep in these disorders particularly comes from problems falling and staying asleep, which causes night awakenings and low sleep quality. ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 07, 2021 In particular, autistic people tend to be less able to accurately identify anger from facial expressions produced at a normal ‘real world’ speed. “When we ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 07, 2021 “We could observe migration deficits – the neurons are stranded in the lower cortex layers,” said co-first study author and graduate student Lena Schwarz. The ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 06, 2021 In doing so, they found that bilingual children were able to correctly answer 76% of questions on theory of mind whereas monolingual children answered 57% ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 03, 2021 Pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is viewed as an autoimmune/autoinflammatory condition characterized by the abrupt onset of severe neurological and psychiatric symptoms, in particular ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 05, 2021 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), drugs that raise levels of serotonin in the brain’s synapses, treat psychiatric conditions, such as anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, that ... Read more

Publication date: Jun 02, 2021 Autism spectrum condition or autism is associated with numerous monogenic and polygenic genetic risk factors including the polygenic 16p11.2 microdeletion. A central question is what ... Read more