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Maternal Care – Key to Autism
Obesity, Diabetes in Mom Increases Risk of Autism in Child http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2016/obesity-diabetes-in-mom-increases-risk-of-autism-in-child.html New study offers new evidence that autism spectrum disorder risks may begin in utero Children born to obese women with diabetes are more than four times as likely to … Continue reading
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A Mother’s Inflammation and Autism
How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior http://news.mit.edu/2016/maternal-inflammation-autism-behavior-0128 Immune molecules in infected mothers tied to brain and behavior abnormalities in offspring. Anne Trafton | MIT News Office January 28, 2016 In 2010, a large study in … Continue reading
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Autism and Industrial Pollution
Autism spectrum disorder prevalence and proximity to industrial facilities releasing arsenic, lead or mercury. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218563 Abstract Prenatal and perinatal exposures to air pollutants have been shown to adversely affect birth outcomes in offspring and may contribute to prevalence of autism … Continue reading
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Maternal BMI increases risk for Autism and other health conditions.
Maternal Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Child Psychosocial Development at 6 Years of Age. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25917989 Abstract BACKGROUND: Both obesity and developmental disabilities have increased in recent decades. Limited studies suggest associations between maternal prepregnancy obesity and child neurodevelopment. METHODS: The … Continue reading
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Gut Microbes and Neuroscience – The Paradigm Shift
Gut microbes and the brain: paradigm shift in neuroscience. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25392516 Abstract The discovery of the size and complexity of the human microbiome has resulted in an ongoing reevaluation of many concepts of health and disease, including diseases affecting the CNS. … Continue reading
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Environment and Epigenetic changes – Project Ice Storm
Prenatal maternal stress exposure to natural disasters predicts epigenetic profile of offspring http://www.douglas.qc.ca/news/1284?locale=en The number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during Quebec’s Ice Storm (1998) predicts the epigenetic profile of her child, a new study finds. … Continue reading
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Maternal High Fat Diet as a Prenatal Insult in Autism and ADHD – Amelioration Possible
Dietary intervention rescues maternal obesity induced behavior deficits and neuroinflammation in offspring http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/11/1/156/abstract Obesity induces a low-grade inflammatory state and has been associated with behavioral and cognitive alterations. Importantly, maternal environmental insults can adversely impact subsequent offspring behavior and have … Continue reading
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Prenatal Antidepressant Use and Autism – Maternal Illness
Study calls into question link between prenatal antidepressant exposure and autism risk http://www.massgeneral.org/ Previously reported autism risk appears to be attributable to mother’s illness, not medication Previous studies that have suggested an increased risk of autism among children of women … Continue reading
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Early Antibiotic Exposures, Critical Windows and Lifelong Effect
Early Antibiotic Exposure Leads to Lifelong Metabolic Disturbances in Mice http://www.med.nyu.edu/ New study suggests bacteria help program metabolic development A new study published today in Cell suggests that antibiotic exposure during a critical window of early development disrupts the bacterial … Continue reading
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Chronic Stress, Adverse Maternal and Newborn Outcomes – Over Generations
Ancestral exposure to stress epigenetically programs preterm birth risk and adverse maternal and newborn outcomes http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/121 Full Paper at Link Abstract Background Chronic stress is considered to be one of many causes of human preterm birth (PTB), but no direct … Continue reading
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