Category Archives: co-morbid

Autism Gut Link – New and Profound Research

Posted on October 25, 2019 by researchinitiative

Gut Instincts: Researchers Discover First Clues on How Gut Health Influences Brain Health https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2019/10/gut-instincts-researchers-discover-first-clues-on-how-gut-health-influences-brain New cellular and molecular processes underlying communication between gut microbes and brain cells have been described for the first time by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine … Continue reading →

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Febrile Seizures and Autism – A Marker

Posted on October 21, 2017 by researchinitiative

Febrile Seizures and Epilepsy: Association With Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders in the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28754226 BACKGROUND: There is a recently well-documented association between childhood epilepsy and earlysymptomaticsyndromeselicitingneurodevelopmentalclinicalexaminations (ESSENCE) including autism spectrum disorder, but the relationship … Continue reading →

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Early Life Immune Activation and ASD

Posted on October 14, 2017 by researchinitiative

Perinatal Immune Activation Produces Persistent Sleep Alterations and Epileptiform Activity in Male Mice. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28984294# Abstract Increasing evidence suggests a role for inflammation in neuropsychiatric conditions including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous work in rodents has established that immune activation during … Continue reading →

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Maternal Immune System linked to Autism outcome

Posted on October 12, 2017 by researchinitiative

Mum’s immune response could trigger social deficits for kids with autism https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/10/10/mum-s-immune-response-could-trigger-social-deficits-for-kids-wit.html Unlocking autism with applied research Children with autism are more likely to show severe social symptoms if their mother had chronic asthma or allergies while pregnant, the University … Continue reading →

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Autism – Shared Epigenetic Changes at or near 12 Months for 68% of ASD

Posted on November 20, 2016 by researchinitiative

Shared epigenetic changes underlie different types of autism  www.cell.com Individuals with both rare and common types of autism spectrum disorder share a similar set of epigenetic modifications in the brain, according to a study published November 17 in Cell. More … Continue reading →

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Startling Discovery – Immune System Affects and may Control Social Behavior

Posted on July 15, 2016 by researchinitiative

Shocking New Role Found for the Immune System: Controlling Social Interactions https://news.virginia.edu In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects … Continue reading →

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Allergy, Inflammation and Autism

Posted on July 13, 2016 by researchinitiative

Atopic diseases and inflammation of the brain in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders Free Full Paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931610/ Abstract Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect as many as 1 in 45 children and are characterized by deficits in sociability and communication, … Continue reading →

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The Gut, Microbes and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Posted on July 13, 2016 by researchinitiative

Study: Gut Bacteria can Cause, Predict and Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The bacteria in your gut do more than break down your food. They also can predict susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, suggests Veena Taneja, Ph.D., an immunologist at … Continue reading →

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The Gut, Microbes and MS

Posted on July 13, 2016 by researchinitiative

Changes Uncovered in the Gut Bacteria of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis http://www.brighamandwomens.org A connection between the bacteria living in the gut and immunological disorders such as multiple sclerosis have long been suspected, but for the first time, researchers have detected … Continue reading →

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Neuropathology of Seizures in Autism

Posted on July 7, 2016 by researchinitiative

Neuropathological Mechanisms of Seizures in Autism Spectrum Disorder. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242398 Abstract This manuscript reviews biological abnormalities shared by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and epilepsy. Two neuropathological findings are shared by ASD and epilepsy: abnormalities in minicolumn architecture and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) … Continue reading →

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