Gene expression patterns in the brains of people with autism are similar to those of people who have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, according to a large study of postmortem brain tissue. The findings appear today in Science.
All three conditions show an activation of genes in star-shaped brain cells
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The scientists tested tissue samples from the brains of deceased patients who suffered from autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF hide caption
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Major psychiatric disorders like autism, schizophrenia and bipolar appear to have
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WHEN Dalby woman Suzanne Flesser was told of her first son’s autism diagnosis, she said she didn’t know what to do.
Mrs Flesser said it was hard to know what
MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A special education teacher in the Macomb County Intermediate School District is charged with abusing her students.
Brittany Stevens, 28, worked with students who have autism at Sequoyah Elementary, and police said both she verbally and physically abused them. She’s facing three counts of child abuse.
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Boca High student Michael Gorlano has flexibility, poise, balance — and autism.
And as he demonstrated on Thursday, he also has the ability to guide 1,000 of his fellow students through a series of yoga poses that kept everyone moving through the 83-degree heat.
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Senior author Daniel Geschwind called the results showing a molecular, pathological signature of disorders such as autism and bipolar disorder “a large step forward.”
Most medical disorders have well-defined physical characteristics seen in tissues, organs and bodily fluids. Psychiatric disorders, in contrast, are not defined by such pathology,
So I had a restless nights sleep, always my thoughts turn to R and wondering what he is doing. My memories of him fade and now I only remember a memory of a memory of our face to face time together. It has been nearly 3 months now since we last met and at times my hopes for our future fade like his memory.
I get that he is busy but there is
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, MI – An elementary school teacher verbally and physically abused 8- and 9-year-old autistic students, reported the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday, Brittany Stevens, 28, of Mt. Clemens, was charged with second degree child abuse.
The children were not seriously injured and are in good health, reported
It’s another work day for Joseph Genova. He likes telling his family about his job.
“I like to talk about how easy it is and how I can understand what to do, and understand it, too,” said Genova.
Genova is part of the team at We Make – Autism at Work.
Transcriptional profiling of post-mortem human brains reveals commonalities in the genes over- and under-expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and major depression.
By Ashley P. Taylor | February 8, 2018
ISTOCK, DRAFTER123Psychiatric disorders display common patterns of gene expression, according to a study published today (February 8, 2018) in
Artist’s conception of a network of brain cells. Researchers have found similar signs of disrupted neuronal communication in five psychiatric disorders. (iStock)
Certain patterns of genetic activity appear to be common among five distinct psychiatric disorders — autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism — according to a new study. The paper, appearing
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The National Autistic Society has been accused of covering up a care home scandal likened to Winterbourne View “without the cameras” .
The charity ran a home in which residents were forced to eat chillies, repeatedly thrown into a swimming pool and forced to crawl around on all fours,
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — By examining brain tissue, researchers say they’ve found similarities in certain mental illnesses, including autism and schizophrenia.
Specifically, some similar patterns of gene expression were found in people with autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, the researchers say.
Gene expression refers to cells’ conversion
The cerebral cortex has both shared and distinctive gene activity patterns in patients with major mental disorders.
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Mental illness affects one in six U.S. adults, but scientists’ sense of the underlying biology of most psychiatric disorders remains nebulous. That’s
Psychiatric disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and depression share similarities at the molecular level, according to a new analysis of 700 donated brains.
It is well-known that genetics can make people more susceptible to psychiatric disorders, but the link is more complicated. DNA includes instructions for making proteins, but these
In autism, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, genes influencing how brain cells called astrocytes function seem more active
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Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism seem to have some similar effects on the brain. Analysing gene activity is taking us a step closer to understanding what
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