This review on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) focusses on recent insights in the clinical picture, such as continuity of the phenotype and the concept of broader phenotype, on epidemiology and on clinical issues relevant to physicians…
Major depressive disorder (MDD) often begins during adolescence and is projected to become the leading cause of global disease burden by the year 2030. Yet, approximately 40 % of depressed adolescents fail to respond to standard…
Autism is a brain disorder characterized by abnormalities in how a person relates and communicates to others. Both post-mortem and neuroimaging studies indicate the presence of increased brain volume and, in some cases, an altered gray…
What are the implications of increased brain size in autistic individuals?The study reveals increased brain size is consistent in autism, with evidence suggesting this is not due to edema; effects may relate to neurodevelopmental processes observed in early childhood.How does the triple hit hypothesis explain autism's etiology?This hypothesis suggests autism results from a combination of a critical brain development period, underlying vulnerability, and environmental stressors, with prenatal exposure factors noted as significant in autism risk.What neuropathological features have been identified in autistic brains?Findings include narrower minicolumns and increased minicolumn density, indicating potential disruptions in cortical organization and suggesting altered connectivity in autistic individuals.
Genetically modified animals are animals that have been genetically modified for a variety of purposes including producing drugs, enhancing yields, increasing resistance to disease, etc.
Most mortality affected 4 species: laughing gull Leucophaeus atricilla (32% of the northern Gulf of Mexico population killed), royal tern Thalasseus maximus (15%), northern gannet Morus bassanus (8%) and brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis…
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder. Three position statements have been developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society, following systematic literature reviews.
This study evaluates the current conceptualization of selective mutism (SM) as an anxiety disorder in the DSM-5 using a meta-analytic approach. In the abse