Autistic Disorder - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease.

14 Oct 2008 The brain processes information by transmitting signals at synapses, which connect neurons into vast networks of communicating cells. In these networks, synapses not only transmit signals but also transform and refine them. Neurexins and ... Read more...

Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions.

14 Oct 2008 Neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism and schizophrenia have long been attributed to genetic alterations, but identifying the genes responsible has proved challenging. Microarray experiments have now revealed abundant copy-number variation--a ... Read more...

Explaining enhanced logical consistency during decision making in autism.

13 Oct 2008 The emotional responses elicited by the way options are framed often results in lack of logical consistency in human decision making. In this study, we investigated subjects with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a financial task in which the ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Autistic Disorder'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neuroligins and neurexins link synaptic function to cognitive disease. 14 Oct 2008
• Copy-number variations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions. 14 Oct 2008
• Explaining enhanced logical consistency during decision making in autism. 13 Oct 2008
• Association study of the 15q11-q13 maternal expression domain in Japanese autistic patients. 3 Oct 2008
• Genetic analyses of roundabout (ROBO) axon guidance receptors in autism. 3 Oct 2008
• Beckwith Weidemann syndrome: a behavioral phenotype-genotype study. 3 Oct 2008
• An analysis of candidate autism loci on chromosome 2q24-q33: evidence for association to the STK39 gene. 3 Oct 2008
• Transmission disequilibrium testing of the chromosome 15q11-q13 region in autism. 3 Oct 2008
• Cortical enlargement in autism is associated with a functional VNTR in the monoamine oxidase A gene. 3 Oct 2008
• Behavioral effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in young adults with severe autism: an open label study. 29 Sep 2008
• Genotype-phenotype correlations in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. 29 Sep 2008
• Prenatal exposure to sex steroid hormones and behavioral/cognitive outcomes. 29 Sep 2008
• Autism, a brain developmental disorder: some new pathopysiologic and genetics findings. 29 Sep 2008
• Coping mechanisms of parents of children recently diagnosed with autism in Taiwan: a qualitative study. 29 Sep 2008
• Getting it wrong. 29 Sep 2008
• What does this study test, and why? 29 Sep 2008
• Response to the article by Baird et al. 29 Sep 2008
• Potential for early-life immune insult including developmental immunotoxicity in autism and autism spectrum disorders: focus on critical windows of immune vulnerability. 29 Sep 2008
• The "environment" for autism research: signs of improvement? 29 Sep 2008
• Another study on the safety of measles vaccine and risks of autism. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Autistic Disorder'

Definition: A disorder beginning in childhood. It is marked by the presence of markedly abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interest. Manifestations of the disorder vary greatly depending on the developmental level and chronological age of the individual. (DSM-IV)

Descriptor UI: D001321

Alternative terms: Autistic Disorder; Disorder, Autistic; Disorders, Autistic; Autism, Early Infantile; Early Infantile Autism; Infantile Autism, Early; Kanner's Syndrome; Kanner Syndrome; Kanners Syndrome; Syndrome, Kanner's; Autism; Autisms; Autism, Infantile; Infantile Autism;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.550.325.125;

Online Note: use AUTISM, INFANTILE to search AUTISM, EARLY INFANTILE 1971-80; use SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD 1968-70

History Note: 1981(1966)