Nov 29, 2021

Increasing numbers of autistic children are being educated in mainstream schools. The success of inclusive education is dependent upon multiple factors, including key stakeholders (i.e., teachers and ...

Sep 13, 2021

Empathy is an important competence in the professional development of medical students. The purpose of our study was to compare the levels and scales of empathy in people studying in different educati...

Sep 13, 2021

Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) has been used globally and translated to several languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, Italian and Persian. The aim of this study is to translate and validate E...

Sep 13, 2021

The sodium/hydrogen exchanger 6 (NHE6) localizes to recycling endosomes, where it mediates endosomal alkalinization through K/H exchange. Mutations in the SLC9A6 gene encoding NHE6 cause severe X-link...

Aug 30, 2021

Genetic testing to identify genetic syndromes and copy number variants (CNVs) via whole genome platforms such as chromosome microarray (CMA) or exome sequencing (ES) is routinely performed clinically,...

Aug 30, 2021

Alterations in the balance between excitation and inhibition, especially in the brain's critical developmental periods, are considered an integral part of the pathophysiology of autism. However, the p...

Aug 30, 2021

Autism is thought to be associated with both environmental and genetic factors. Phenanthrene (Phe) makes up a relatively high proportion of the low-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. However, the ...

Aug 19, 2021

To identify differences related to sex and define autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comorbidities female-enriched through a comprehensive multi-PheWAS intersection approach on big, real-world data. Altho...

Aug 19, 2021

Since the 1990s, increasing research has been devoted to the identification of biomarkers for autism to help attain more objective diagnosis; enable early prediction of prognosis; and guide individual...

Aug 19, 2021

In the past two decades, mounting evidence has modified the classical view of the cerebellum as a brain region specifically involved in the modulation of motor functions. Indeed, clinical studies and ...

Aug 05, 2021

Residual confounding is a major concern for causal inference in observational studies on air pollution-autism spectrum disorder (ASD) associations. This study is aimed at assessing confounding in thes...

Aug 05, 2021

Scn2a encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel Na1.2, a main mediator of neuronal action potential firing. The current paradigm suggests that Na1.2 gain-of-function variants enhance neuronal excitabil...

Aug 05, 2021

Loss-of-function variants in the gene SCN2A, which encodes the sodium channel Na1.2, are strongly associated with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. An estimated 20%-30% of children...

Jun 24, 2021

In 2017, facing lack of progress and failures encountered in targeted drug development for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related neurodevelopmental disorders, the ISCTM with the ECNP created the ...

Jun 24, 2021

To verify the scientific evidence on the association between Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Central Auditory Processing Disorder in children, aiming to answer the following research question: What is ...

Jun 24, 2021

Functional imaging studies have found differential neural activation patterns during reward-paradigms in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared to neurotypical controls. However, public...

Jun 10, 2021

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders of increasing prevalence. People with ASD have multiple health, education, and community needs, yet there is little information about t...

Jun 10, 2021

Pivotal response treatment (PRT) is a promising intervention focused on improving social communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Since robots potentially appeal to childr...

Jun 10, 2021

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder with increasing incidence. At present, the global incidence of the disease is on the rise, and the cause is unknown. There is no specific trea...

Jun 03, 2021

Challenging behaviors are prevalent among individuals with autism spectrum disorder; however, research exploring the impact of challenging behaviors on treatment response is lacking.The purpose of thi...