Monthly Archives: October 2012

Pre-eclampsia Test – Autism implications

Posted on October 23, 2012 by researchinitiative

New Test May Uncover Deadly Hypertension in Pregnancy Novel biomarker diagnostic test could revolutionize the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia, a complex condition that can be fatal if undiagnosed during pregnancy http://engineering.ucsb.edu/news/663 Collaborators at Cottage Health System and UC Santa Barbara’s College … Continue reading →

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Diabetes and Exercise study Halted – NYT

Posted on October 20, 2012 by researchinitiative

Diabetes Study Ends Early With a Surprising Result http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/health/in-study-weight-loss-did-not-prevent-heart-attacks-in-diabetics.html?hp&_r=0 “A large federal study of whether diet and weight loss can prevent heart attacks and strokes in overweight and obese people with Type 2 diabetes has ended two years ahead of … Continue reading →

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Smoking and Infections – Perinatal and Prenatal Risk Factors in Autism

Posted on October 19, 2012 by researchinitiative

Narrowly Versus Broadly Defined Autism Spectrum Disorders: Differences in Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23076505 Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Center The Netherlands Abstract This study examined the differential contribution of pre- and perinatal risks in narrowly versus broadly … Continue reading →

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Genes, Immunity and Poverty : The Relationship

Posted on October 19, 2012 by researchinitiative

Genes and immune system shaped by childhood poverty, stress http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/10/18/genes-and-immune-system-shaped-by-childhood-poverty-stress/ A University of British Columbia and Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) study has revealed that childhood poverty, stress as an adult, and demographics such as age, sex and … Continue reading →

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Optogenetics – Video

Posted on October 18, 2012 by researchinitiative

Video: Playing with light to manipulate the brain * Good follow up to previous posts on Optogenetics. https://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/conference-news/2012/society-for-neuroscience-2012/video-playing-with-light-to-manipulate-the-brain Observing the effect of genes on behavior used to be limited to one long and irreversible step. Researchers would painstakingly create a … Continue reading →

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Probiotics and Autism Breakthrough in Treatment ?

Posted on October 17, 2012 by researchinitiative

Probiotic curbs autism features in mouse model http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/conference-news/2012/society-for-neuroscience-2012/probiotic-curbs-autism-features-in-mouse-model Treatment with a single bacterial species curbs anxiety and repetitive behaviors and boosts vocalizations in a mouse model of autism, according to a poster presented Monday at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience … Continue reading →

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Creativitiy , Autism and Mental Health Issues

Posted on October 16, 2012 by researchinitiative

Mental illness, suicide and creativity: 40-Year prospective total population study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23063328 Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden. Abstract We previously demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and their relatives are overrepresented in creative occupations. … Continue reading →

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Immune Cells and Autism

Posted on October 16, 2012 by researchinitiative

Myeloid dendritic cells frequencies are increased in children with autism spectrum disorder and associated with amygdala volume and repetitive behaviors. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23063420 Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, USA Abstract The pathophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) … Continue reading →

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Asperger’s and Schizophrenia

Posted on October 16, 2012 by researchinitiative

The relationship between Asperger’s syndrome and schizophrenia in adolescence. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23065028 Eteva the Joint Municipal Authority for Disability Services, Kokontie 18, 04200, Kerava, Finland. Asperger’s syndrome (AS), a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), has nowadays been widely advocated in media. Therefore, psychiatrists … Continue reading →

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Fragile X – anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10

Posted on October 14, 2012 by researchinitiative

Carriers of the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) premutation allele present with increased levels of cytokine IL-10 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/9/1/238/abstract Abstract (provisional) Background Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is an inherited late-onset neurodegenerative disorder, characterized both by neurological and cognitive deficits. … Continue reading →

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