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CRISPR-Gold used to reduce repetitive behaviours in FXS
Gold nanoparticles carried Cas9 enzyme into brain, editing receptor and lessening burying behaviour...
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Link found between neurotransmitter imbalance and brain connectivity in those with autism
Researchers have identified a link between a neurotransmitter imbalance and brain connectivity between regions of the brain that play a role in social communication and language.
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Scientists find possible autism biomarker in cerebrospinal fluid
Researchers have found that low vasopressin in the cerebrospinal fluid may be a biomarker for autism...
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Helpful B cells lend a hand to developing neurons
Researchers at Osaka University have identified an immune cell that promotes the growth of neuron-supporting cells in the developing mouse brain.
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Autism risk factor search aided by epigenetics study
Scientists have identified more than 2,000 regulatory regions involved in learning that correlate strongly with autism, suggesting future focus for autism research.
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Potential new treatment for Fragile X targets one gene to affect many
Inhibitors of chromatin remodelling proteins may be a potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome...
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Unravelling the mechanism of excess brain growth in autism
8 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have employed a cutting-edge stem cell technique to unravel the mechanisms driving this phenomenon which affects some individuals with autism...
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Gut bacteria reverses autism-related social behaviour in mice
16 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have discovered that the absence of one specific species of gut bacteria causes autism-related social deficits in mice...
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Autism model offers insights to possible drug targets
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new mouse model of a genetically-linked type of autism, developed by scientists at Duke Health, reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder...
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Nutlin-3 reverses damage from the mutation that causes fragile X
27 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Fragile x mice models treated with Nutlin-3 regained the ability to remember what they had seen, and smelled, in their first visit to a test chamber...