Cuccaro of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Miami School of Medicine and colleagues which reveals that testing genes with biological relevance to epilepsy yielded a significant association to a pair of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a gene implicated in autism and ...
Empathy is the ability to share and understand the emotions of others. It is a construct of multiple components, each of which is associated with its own brain network. New research has found empathy may have a genetic component that affects personality, and cognition, psychiatric (relating to ...
Studies have shown bipolar disorder, especially the most severe type, has astrong genetic component. And scientists are working to understand the apparentgenetic risks of schizophrenia. For mental health and neuro-psychiatric disorders, there are strong genetic drivers for a small number of people, ...
Given the often-challenging symptoms associated with ADHD, many people want to know whether they can inherit the disorder or pass it on to their children. Although the exact cause of ADHD is unknown, research shows that there is a strong genetic componen
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized mainly by social and sensory-motor abnormal and repetitive behavior patterns. Over hundreds of genes and thousands of genetic variants were reported to be highly penetrant and causative of ASD. Many of thes
Converging evidence implicates disrupted brain connectivity in autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, the mechanisms linking altered connectivity early in development to the emergence of ASD symptomatology remain poorly understood. Here we examined whether atypicalities in the Salience Network – an early...
Prenatal testosterone (pT) is a crucial component in physiological masculinization in humans. In line with the Prenatal Sex Steroid Theory of autism, some studies have found a positive correlation between pT and autistic traits in childhood. However, effects in adolescence have not been explored. ...
"Diagnosingautism spectrum disorder[ASD] can be difficult because there is nomedical test, like a blood test, to diagnose the disorder," the agency noted. "Doctors look at the child's developmental history and behavior to make a diagnosis." ...
True or False: Referring to disability in childhood, parents have been described as mourning the child they expected to have, and the diagnosis of an impairment is interpreted as a 'family crisis. Autism may arise in infants whose mirror neuron syste...
Schizophrenia is often presented with symptoms of disorganization, reduced affect, paranoia, and delusional thinking. There are different types of schizophrenia that develop based on the symptoms that are present. Answer and Explanation: The corre...