A new analysis has uncovered more than 1,200 new protein-protein interactions involving the proteins encoded by 92 genes strongly linked to autism, according to unpublished results. Researchers presented the findings virtually last week at the 2021 International Society for Autism Research annual me…

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The investigational drug arbaclofen makes autistic people’s brains respond to a visual task more like non-autistic people’s brains do, according to unpublished findings presented virtually last week at the 2021 International Society for Autism Research annual meeting. (Links to abstracts may work on…

Many digital neuroscience tools are designed for specialized uses, which can make it tedious to, for example, trace neurons — reconstructing the cell’s web of branching axons and dendrites — using a computer. A new unified toolbox called SNT aims to consolidate a variety of common tasks by way of a …

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By Nils Skudra This afternoon I had the opportunity to watch Here We Are, a recent Israeli film directed by Nir Bergman which focuses on the relationship between Uri, a young man on the autism spectrum, and his father Aharon, who is resistant to letting him live in a specialized group home. The film…

Siblings are some of the most important peers any of us will ever have. The post Having Siblings Can Boost Daily-Living Skills for People with Autism, Study Shows appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Social difficulties. Restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior. Sensory sensitivity. Autism has long been defined by its challenges But autism sometimes comes with advantages. This special report highlights those advantages and describes the research behind them. In one Deep Dive, we explore po…

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People with autism may want to get some ear protection to help them cope with the loud cicada noise this summer. The post People with Autism May Be Triggered by Cicada Sounds This Year as Brood X Hatches appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Ask Georgia Panagiotakos where she is from, and she’ll tell you that she was born in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge in New York City. But she’ll also point out that her neurodevelopment began in a small Greek village where her mother lived shortly before her birth — a fitting observation fro…

Neurons that carry autism-linked gene mutations show distinct patterns of activity that correlate with the traits those mutations engender in people, according to new unpublished work. The research was presented virtually last week at the 2021 International Society for Autism Research annual meeting…

Register for the next Spectrum webinar at 1:00 p.m. EDT on 26 May 2021, featuring Shafali Jeste and Nicole McDonald, who will discuss expanding the definition of ‘high-risk infants’ in autism research. The post Webinar: Shafali Jeste and Nicole McDonald on going beyond baby siblings in autism resear…

Children with autism traits tend to show agitation, excitability, decreased sleep and other signs of hypomania in adolescence, according to a new twin study. The association is higher in identical twins than in fraternal twins, the researchers also found, suggesting that genetics plays a role. Hypom…