Daily Archives: May 13, 2013

IMFAR 2013 – Childhood Abuse Elevated Risk Autism – Harvard School of Public Health

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Maternal Exposure to Childhood Abuse Is Associated with Elevated Risk of Autism https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper14028.html A. L. Roberts1, K. Lyall1,2, J. Rich-Edwards3, A. Ascherio1 and M. G. Weisskopf1, (1)Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, (2)Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, … Continue reading →

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IMFAR 2013 – Environment, Alcohol and Autism – Johns Hopkins University

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Environment, the Perinatal Epigenome, and Risk for Autism and Related Disorders https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper12811.html J. I. Feinberg1, M. A. Taub2, S. C. Brown3, R. Irizarry4, K. D. Hansen5, L. A. A. Croen6, I. Hertz-Picciotto7, C. J. Newschaffer8, A. P. Feinberg9 and M. … Continue reading →

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IMFAR 2013 – Immune Deficiency, Social Behaviour, Splenocyte Transfer – University of Virginia

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Immune Deficiency Affects Juvenile Social Behavior in Mice and Is Altered by Splenocyte Transfer https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper14471.html K. M. Quinnies1, K. H. Cox1,2 and E. Rissman3, (1)Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, (2)Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, … Continue reading →

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IMFAR 2013 – Chronic Inflammation, Valproic Acid – IFIByNE, UBA-CONICET Argentina

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Chronic Neuroinflammation and Altered Inflammatory Responses in a Mouse Model of Autism https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper12373.html L. Lucchina, N. Kazlauskas, M. Campolongo and A. M. Depino, IFIByNE, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Background: Several reports have associated peripheral and central alterations in the inflammatory … Continue reading →

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IMFAR 2013 – Inflammation and Autism – UC Davis MIND

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Btbrt+Tf/J Mice Exhibit an Inflammatory Macrophage Cytokine Profile with Associations to Repetitive Grooming Behavior https://imfar.confex.com/imfar/2013/webprogram/Paper13972.html C. E. Onore1, M. Careaga2, B. Babineau3, J. Schwartzer4, J. Crawley5, R. F. Berman4 and P. Ashwood2, (1)The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, … Continue reading →

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Histones, Heart Defects, Maternal Infection and Autism

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Non-inherited mutations account for many heart defects, Yale researchers find http://news.yale.edu/2013/05/12/non-inherited-mutations-account-many-heart-defects-yale-researchers-find New mutations that are absent in parents but appear in their offspring account for at least 10% of severe congenital heart disease, reveals a massive genomics study led by … Continue reading →

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