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Autism Gut Link – New and Profound Research
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
Posted in Autism, bowel disease, co-morbid, Depression, Environment, Genetics, Gut, IBD, Immune System, Inflammation, Neurology, Treatment
Tagged autism, autism gut neurology, autism treatment, bacteria, GI, gut, immune crosstalk, immune system, signaling pathways
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Co-occurring Conditions and Autism
Classification System Based on Co-Occurring Conditions May Provide Insight Into Autism Data analysis also probes relationship between autism, gastrointestinal problems, and antibiotic use https://news.rpi.edu/content/2019/05/31/classification-system-based-co-occurring-conditions-may-provide-insight-autism TROY, N.Y – Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often affected by co-occurring conditions, such … Continue reading
Postnatal Immune System Activation and Autism
McLean Hospital Neuroscientists Find Immune System in Newborns May Affect Developing Brain http://www.mcleanhospital.org/news/2018/01/12/mclean-hospital-neuroscientists-find-immune-system-newborns-may-affect-developing Belmont, MA – McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Bacteria, Immune System, Inflammation, Mice, Neurology, Treatment, Virus
Tagged ASD, autism, bacteria, environment, immune crosstalk, immune system, inflammation, mice, programming, signaling pathways, virus
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Febrile Seizures and Autism – A Marker
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
Posted in Autism, co-morbid, epilepsy, Immune System, Inflammation, Neurology
Tagged asperger's, autism, comorbid conditions, epilepsy, immune crosstalk, immune system, inflammation, neurology, virus
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Early Life Immune Activation and ASD
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
Posted in Autism, Bacteria, co-morbid, epilepsy, Immune System, Inflammation, Neurology, Physiology, Virus
Tagged autism, Autism spectrum disorder; pervasive developmental disorder; PDD; EEG coherence; principal components analysis; PCA; coherence factors; discriminant analysis, bacteria and autism, epilepsy, epilepsy and autism, gastrointestinal tracts, immune crosstalk, immune system, immune system and autism, inflammation, virus, virus and autism
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Autism – Shared Epigenetic Changes at or near 12 Months for 68% of ASD
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
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
Posted in Allergy, Asthma, Autism, Bacteria, bowel disease, co-morbid, Environment, Gut, IBD, Immune System, Inflammation, influenza, Neurology, Physiology, Treatment, Virus
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Chronic Lack of Sleep – Linked to Neurological Damage – Implications for Autism ?
Insomnia Linked to Damage in Brain Communication Networks https://www2.rsna.org At A Glance Twenty-three insomnia patients and 30 healthy controls were examined with diffusion tensor imaging and given questionnaires to evaluate mental status and sleep patterns. Compared to the healthy controls, … Continue reading
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Environment x Genes – Fungicides and Autism
Could a new class of fungicides play a role in autism, neurodegenerative diseases? http://news.unchealthcare.org/news/2016/march/could-a-new-class-of-fungicides-play-a-role-in-autism-neurodegenerative-diseases A new UNC School of Medicine study shows how chemicals designed to protect crops can cause gene expression changes in mouse brain cells that look strikingly … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, co-morbid, Environment, Immune System, Inflammation, Neurology
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Environmental Enrichment as a Treatment for Early Life Inflammation
Environmental enrichment rescues the effects of early life inflammation on markers of synaptic transmission and plasticity. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27002704 Abstract Environmental enrichment (EE) has been successful at rescuing the brain from a variety of early-life psychogenic stressors. However, its ability to reverse … Continue reading
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