autism

How - and where - does a disease begin?

The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
March 14, 2024

Researchers discovered which genes are required for each stage of cell differentiation into neural stem cells and neurons, i.e. for brain development, and which of them are involved in diseases of the nervous system

The genetic phenomenon that worsens the signs of autism

Haifa University
September 21, 2023
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Accelerated development of neurons even in the embryonic stage can be the one that affects the development of autism

Haifa University
August 1, 2023
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After the accelerated development, a rapid deterioration of the neurons was noted, which was manifested, among other things, in low connectivity. The study found the recurrence of the phenomenon in children with autism originating from four different types of genetic mutations

Pain threshold: People with autism experience pain at a higher intensity

Tel Aviv University
January 7, 2023

The new study contradicts the popular opinion that people with autism are apparently "indifferent to pain"

Elon Musk: How being autistic can make him think differently

Science site The Conversation
November 20, 2022
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Musk recently revealed this, and autism researchers seek to use it to advance understanding of the unique traits and different minds of people on the autistic stream

Learning through "memory flashes" instead of long and tedious repetition will help people with autism

Tel Aviv University
August 3, 2022
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A new learning method may lead to a significant improvement in visual perception abilities * According to the researchers, improving the perception ability of people with autism is a difficult challenge, requiring the patients to undergo lengthy and tedious training alongside the difficulty characteristic of autism to generalize the learning to other areas

Early signs of autism can be detected already in prenatal ultrasound

Ben-Gurion University
February 10, 2022
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This is according to a study at the National Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research at Ben Gurion University

The loom of evolution

Weizmann Institute
April 11, 2021

A new method makes it possible to locate points of similarity between gene control molecules of different species - from lizards to humans - and thus reveal essential sections that have been preserved throughout evolution

"A better understanding of the brain mechanisms in autism opens up hope for the development of new treatments"

The Hebrew University
December 29, 2020
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In a new study recently published in Nature Communications, the role of one of the distinct genes for autism called POGZ was examined

The connection between the flu vaccine in pregnancy and autism in the offspring has been ruled out

Ziv Adaki
September 7, 2020
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A flu vaccine during pregnancy protects the children and women from illness, but does it also have long-term risks? A decade-long follow-up study refutes this.