Autism
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16S sequencing, Autism, autism-like traits, blautia, Brain, brain size, clostridium, gut microbiome, mouse model, neurofibromatosis type 1, neuroscience, NF1, social behaviorNF1 Mouse Study Links Gut Microbiome to Brain Size and Autism-Like Traits
A 2026 NF1 mouse-model study found a gut-brain signal that was strongest…
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anorexia nevrosa, Autism, autistic spectrum disorder, autistic spectrum disorders, comorbidities, comorbidity, eating disorders, Editor Dafni Katsampa, European Eating Disorders Review, other specified feeding or eating disorder, Restrictive Eating Disorders (REDs), systematic review, topicalAutism and restrictive eating disorders: a battle of the senses
For many autistic people I’ve met while working in an eating disorder…
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anorexia nevrosa, Autism, autistic spectrum disorder, autistic spectrum disorders, comorbidities, comorbidity, eating disorders, Editor Dafni Katsampa, European Eating Disorders Review, other specified feeding or eating disorder, Restrictive Eating Disorders (REDs), systematic review, topicalAutism and restrictive eating disorders: a battle of the senses
For many autistic people I’ve met while working in an eating disorder…
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ADHD, Autism, bumetanide, Drugs, epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disorders, PROMIS, PROMset, Psychiatry, sensory reactivity, single-case experimental design, tuberous sclerosis complexBumetanide PROMset Study: 83% Improved in 1 Sensory-Related Domain
A 2026 medRxiv preprint using parent-cocreated sensory-related outcome measures found that 83%…
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Autism, Brain, gaba, juvenile rats, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, nucleus accumbens, reward circuitry, social motivation, social play, ventral pallidumNucleus Accumbens-to-Ventral Pallidum Pathway Regulates Social Play in Rats
A 2026 juvenile rat study found that inactivating the ventral pallidum or…
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Autism, Brain, cortical folding, developing Human Connectome Project, functional connectivity, gyri, neonatal brain development, neonatal MRI, neurodevelopment, neuroscience, schizophrenia, structural connectivity, structure-function coupling, sulciNeonatal Brain MRI Shows Gyri Are Connectivity Hubs by 38-44 Weeks
A 2026 developing Human Connectome Project analysis of 438 full-term neonates found…
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Autism, autistic children, Brain, cognition, hippocampus, navigation, Psychology, self-perception, sense of direction, SPACE task, spatial cognitionAutistic Children Matched Navigation Tasks but Rated Their Ability Lower
A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that 26 autistic children performed similarly to…
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atypical absence seizures, Autism, autistic behaviors, caregiver report, developmental epileptic encephalopathy, epilepsy, genetics, medRxiv preprint, seizure semiology, SYNGAP1SYNGAP1 Autistic Behaviors Linked to Seizure Type, Not Frequency
A 337-person SYNGAP1-DEE registry preprint found caregiver-reported autistic behavior scores linked most…
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ABCD study, Autism, Brain, brain microstructure, genetic correlation, genetics, ICVF, iPSYCH, Mendelian randomization, neurite density, neuroscience, NODDI, PGS, polygenic scores, UK BiobankAutism Polygenic Scores Linked to Lower Neurite Density
A 2025 paper by Gu et al. in Molecular Psychiatry — the…
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ADHD, ADOS-2, Autism, Brain, connectome, default mode network, frontoparietal network, functional connectivity, gene expression, neurodevelopment, neuroscience, resting-state fMRI, symptom mapping, transdiagnostic psychiatryAutism vs. ADHD Connectome Study: Frontal-DMN Signal Tracks Autism Severity
A 166-child resting-state fMRI study found that clinician-observed autism severity, not ADHD…
