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- Maternal Immune System linked to Autism outcome
- Autism – Shared Epigenetic Changes at or near 12 Months for 68% of ASD
- Startling Discovery – Immune System Affects and may Control Social Behavior
- Allergy, Inflammation and Autism
- The Gut, Microbes and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- The Gut, Microbes and MS
- Neuropathology of Seizures in Autism
- Immune System, Epilepsy and the Eye
- Hygiene Hypothesis and The Gut.
- Chronic Lack of Sleep – Linked to Neurological Damage – Implications for Autism ?
- Environment x Genes – Fungicides and Autism
- 2016 CDC Autism Prevalence – 1 in 68
- Environmental Enrichment as a Treatment for Early Life Inflammation
- Microglia, Inflammation, the Immune System, Cerebral Palsy and Autism
- New Shift in Understanding – We are all Autism
- Immune Response and Complement system play a Major role in Epilepsy
- Inflammatory Pathways in Epilepsy
- Autism co-morbidity in Epilepsy – New Spanish Research
- Breakthrough – Autism, Immune Cells and Pruning
- Maternal Care – Key to Autism
- A Mother’s Inflammation and Autism
- Gastrointestinal Disorer, Autism and Behavioural Problems
- Environment as a driver of ASD
- Glutamate and a range of Disorders
- Epilepsy and Autism – Autism and Epilepsy
- Autism and Asperger’s – IQ Profiling Differences
- White Matter and Autism
- Maternal Antidepressant Use and Autism
- Generation – Mental Health and Disability 2015
- Toxicant Exposure and Autism – The Maternal Environment
- Air Pollution and Autism – Neurotoxicity of Traffic
- Autism more prevalent in Urban environments – Denmark
- Brainy Mice – PDE4B – Autism Treatment
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Autism – Significant Increased Prevalence
- Bacterial Infection , Zinc Treatment and Autism
- Autism and Industrial Pollution
- Eczema and Autism – The Association
- Inflammation Crucial in Disease – Implications for Autism
- Allergy and the Gut Microbiome
- Probiotics as treatment for Allergic Diseases
- Repeated courses of antibiotics may profoundly alter children’s development II
- Repeated courses of antibiotics may profoundly alter children’s development
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Psychiatric comorbidities and Asperger’s – Immune System Relationship ?
Psychiatric comorbidities in asperger syndrome and high functioning autism: diagnostic challenges http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/11/1/16/abstract Full Provisional PDF available at link Several psychiatric conditions, both internalizing and externalizing, have been documented in comorbidity with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA). In … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, co-morbid, Depression, Environment, Immune System, Inflammation, Physiology, Treatment
Tagged asperger's, cytokines, immune system, inflammation, serotonin
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Skin Protective role of Bacteria
Commensal Bacteria and Immune Cells Work Together to Fight Harmful Microbes http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2012/Pages/SkinMicrobiota.aspx Media Release A research team at the National Institutes of Health has found that bacteria that normally live in the skin may help protect the body from infection. … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy, Autism, Gut, Immune System, Mice, Physiology, Treatment
Tagged autism, bacteria, eczema, gut, skin
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Blood Biomarkers and Autism
A novel blood-based biomarker for detection of autism spectrum disorders. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22832856 Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are classified as neurological developmental disorders. Several studies have been carried out to find a candidate biomarker linked to the development of these disorders, but … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Immune System, Physiology
Tagged autism, biomarkers, blodd, immune system
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Maternal Immune Activation and Autism
Effects of maternal immune activation on gene expression patterns in the fetal brain. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22832908 We are exploring the mechanisms underlying how maternal infection increases the risk for schizophrenia and autism in the offspring. Several mouse models of maternal immune activation … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Genetics, Immune System, Inflammation, Mice, Physiology, Schizophrenia
Tagged autism, immune system, inflammation, influenza, mice, schizophrenia, virus
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Cognitive Impairment and Diabetes and Autism
Recurrent/moderate hypoglycemia induces hippocampal dendritic injury, microglial activation, and cognitive impairment in diabetic rats http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/9/1/182/abstract Abstract (provisional full PDF available at link) Background Recurrent/moderate (R/M) hypoglycemia is common in type 1 diabetes. Although mild or moderate hypoglycemia is not life-threatening, … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, co-morbid, diabetes, Immune System, Inflammation, Physiology
Tagged autism, diabetes, environment, immunology
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Genes and Immune System in Autism – SFARI
Genetics: Study ties three immune genes to autism https://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/in-brief/2012/genetics-study-ties-three-immune-genes-to-autism Common variants in three genes involved in the immune system are more likely to crop up in people with autism than in typical controls, according to a study published 9 June … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, genes, immune system, inflammation
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Brain Development and Environment – ASD implications ? – Follow up.
Virginia Hughes over at the SFARI website has a good article that puts a bit more “meat” on the previous press release. Charles Nelson: Searching for early signs of autism http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/investigator-profiles/2012/charles-nelson-searching-for-early-signs-of-autism “All of his work, Nelson says, suggests that the … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Environment, Neurology
Tagged autism, deprivation, environment, orphans, poverty
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Arsenic and Autism in Jamaica.
The role of drinking water sources, consumption of vegetables and seafood in relation to blood arsenic concentrations of Jamaican children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22819887 Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, The … Continue reading
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Brain Development and Environment – ASD implications ?
Social deprivation has a measurable effect on brain growth http://childrenshospital.org/newsroom/Site1339/mainpageS1339P896.html MRI shows decreased grey and white matter among children in institutional care—but white matter can “catch up” if circumstances improve July 23, 2012 – Boston Children’s Hospital Press Release. Boston, … Continue reading
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Reorganising Brain – Autism Treatment – New Frontiers
Research Shows Nerve Stimulation Can Help Reorganize Brain http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/7/19-18871_Research-Shows-Nerve-Stimulation-Can-Help-Reorgani_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsHomePageCenterColumn University of Dallas – Media Release UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead … Continue reading
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