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  2011 Dec 6  

Malondialdehyde, Bcl-2, Superoxide Dismutase and Glutathione Peroxidase may Mediate the Association of Sonic Hedgehog Protein and Oxidative Stress in Autism.

Ghanizadeh A

Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir.

Sonic hedgehog signaling and brain-derived neurotrophic factor play a neuro-protective role against oxidative stress in autism. Sonic hedgehog also in... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Cognitive control of feature bindings: evidence from children with autistic spectrum disorder.

Zmigrod S, de Sonneville LM, Colzato LS, Swaab H, Hommel B

Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands, szmigrod@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.

Understanding how the brain integrates features from different domains that are processed in distinct cortical regions calls for the examination of in... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Utility of the Social Communication Questionnaire-Current and Social Responsiveness Scale as Teacher-Report Screening Tools for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Schanding GT, Nowell KP, Goin-Kochel RP

Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, Farish Hall 491, Houston, TX, 77204, USA, tschanding@uh.edu.

Limited research exists regarding the role of teachers in screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The current study examined the use of the Soc... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Oral manifestations in a group of adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Orellana LM, Silvestre FJ, Martínez-Sanchis S, Martínez-Mihi V, Bautista D

Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Consultas Externas, C/ Juan de Garay s/n, 46017 Valencia (Spain) Francisco.silvestre@uv.es.

Objective: A number of studies have evaluated the buccodental health of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), though most have involved childr... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

A review of research trends in physiological abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders: immune dysregulation, inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and environmental toxicant exposures.

Rossignol DA, Frye RE

International Child Development Resource Center, Melbourne, FL, USA.

Recent studies have implicated physiological and metabolic abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other psychiatric disorders, particula... Read More

Source: PubMed

Epilepsy Behav    

Long-term neurological outcome in children with early-onset epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis.

Cusmai R, Moavero R, Bombardieri R, Vigevano F, Curatolo P

Division of Neurology, Bambino Gesů Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.

In tuberous sclerosis complex, early seizure onset is associated with high risk of intractable epilepsy and cognitive/behavioral impairment. We retros... Read More

Source: PubMed

Epilepsy Behav    

Long-term neurological outcome in children with early-onset epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis.

Cusmai R, Moavero R, Bombardieri R, Vigevano F, Curatolo P

Division of Neurology, Bambino Gesů Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.

In tuberous sclerosis complex, early seizure onset is associated with high risk of intractable epilepsy and cognitive/behavioral impairment. We retros... Read More

Source: PubMed

Acad Radiol    

Loss of white matter microstructural integrity is associated with adverse neurological outcome in tuberous sclerosis complex.

Peters JM, Sahin M, Vogel-Farley VK, Jeste SS, Nelson CA, Gregas MC, Prabhu SP, Scherrer B, Warfield SK

Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Radiology/Computational Radiology Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic neurocutaneous syndrome in which cognitive and social-behavioral outcomes for patients vary widely in an... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Evidence for atypical auditory brainstem responses in young children with suspected autism spectrum disorders.

Roth DA, Muchnik C, Shabtai E, Hildesheimer M, Henkin Y

Department of of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Speech and Hearing Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Aim The aim of this study was to characterize the auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) of young children with suspected autism spectrum disorders (ASD... Read More

Source: PubMed

Nutr Health    

Infantile autism: a chronic psychosis since infancy due to synaptic pruning of the supplementary motor area.

Saugstad LF

Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oslo.

The rise in infantile autism, learning problems, cognitive decline with age, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseases and the SIDS epidemic, has a common cau... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Regional differences in grey and white matter in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders: an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis.

Duerden EG, Mak-Fan KM, Taylor MJ, Roberts SW

Autism Research Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. emma.duerden@sickkids.ca.

Structural alterations in brain morphology have been inconsistently reported in children compared to adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We as... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Malondialdehyde, Bcl-2, Superoxide Dismutase and Glutathione Peroxidase may Mediate the Association of Sonic Hedgehog Protein and Oxidative Stress in Autism.

Ghanizadeh A

Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, ghanizad@sina.tums.ac.ir.

Sonic hedgehog signaling and brain-derived neurotrophic factor play a neuro-protective role against oxidative stress in autism. Sonic hedgehog also in... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Cognitive control of feature bindings: evidence from children with autistic spectrum disorder.

Zmigrod S, de Sonneville LM, Colzato LS, Swaab H, Hommel B

Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden, The Netherlands, szmigrod@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.

Understanding how the brain integrates features from different domains that are processed in distinct cortical regions calls for the examination of in... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Utility of the Social Communication Questionnaire-Current and Social Responsiveness Scale as Teacher-Report Screening Tools for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Schanding GT, Nowell KP, Goin-Kochel RP

Department of Educational Psychology, University of Houston, Farish Hall 491, Houston, TX, 77204, USA, tschanding@uh.edu.

Limited research exists regarding the role of teachers in screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The current study examined the use of the Soc... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

Oral manifestations in a group of adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Orellana LM, Silvestre FJ, Martínez-Sanchis S, Martínez-Mihi V, Bautista D

Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Consultas Externas, C/ Juan de Garay s/n, 46017 Valencia (Spain) Francisco.silvestre@uv.es.

Objective: A number of studies have evaluated the buccodental health of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), though most have involved childr... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 6  

A review of research trends in physiological abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders: immune dysregulation, inflammation, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and environmental toxicant exposures.

Rossignol DA, Frye RE

International Child Development Resource Center, Melbourne, FL, USA.

Recent studies have implicated physiological and metabolic abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other psychiatric disorders, particula... Read More

Source: PubMed

Acad Radiol    

Loss of white matter microstructural integrity is associated with adverse neurological outcome in tuberous sclerosis complex.

Peters JM, Sahin M, Vogel-Farley VK, Jeste SS, Nelson CA, Gregas MC, Prabhu SP, Scherrer B, Warfield SK

Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115; Department of Radiology/Computational Radiology Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115.

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic neurocutaneous syndrome in which cognitive and social-behavioral outcomes for patients vary widely in an... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 5  

Evidence for atypical auditory brainstem responses in young children with suspected autism spectrum disorders.

Roth DA, Muchnik C, Shabtai E, Hildesheimer M, Henkin Y

Department of of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Speech and Hearing Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Aim The aim of this study was to characterize the auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) of young children with suspected autism spectrum disorders (ASD... Read More

Source: PubMed

Nutr Health    

Infantile autism: a chronic psychosis since infancy due to synaptic pruning of the supplementary motor area.

Saugstad LF

Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oslo.

The rise in infantile autism, learning problems, cognitive decline with age, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's diseases and the SIDS epidemic, has a common cau... Read More

Source: PubMed

  2011 Dec 2  

Regional differences in grey and white matter in children and adults with autism spectrum disorders: an activation likelihood estimate (ALE) meta-analysis.

Duerden EG, Mak-Fan KM, Taylor MJ, Roberts SW

Autism Research Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. emma.duerden@sickkids.ca.

Structural alterations in brain morphology have been inconsistently reported in children compared to adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We as... Read More

Source: PubMed


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I am a father of an autistic child and he is a wonderfull boy that needs alot of love. yes he is specail and i wouldnt change it for the world. If the insurance companys would be alittle more understanding I think that we would be able to deal with the everyday pressure that the situation give us.........



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