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  How to Measure Attention Span of a Fly: Implications for ADHD, Autism in Humans

  January 26, 2010 — An Australian-German team of scientists has found a way to measure the attention span of a fly. The findings could lead to further advances in the understanding of attention-deficit hyperactivity ... > full story
• Autism
  Child Development
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  Ask the Non-Experts About Autism Detection in Infants

  January 21, 2010 — In a research project about early autism detection in infants, psychologists are working with non-expert coders to observe and provide data during experiments. The project shows that non-experts can ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Neuropathy
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  Communication Problems in the Brain

  January 20, 2010 — For brain cells to communicate, the contacts to each other must function. The protein molecule neuroligin-1 plays an important role in this as it stimulates the necessary maturation processes at the ... > full story
• Schizophrenia
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  Gene Linked to Schizophrenia May Reduce Cancer Risk

  January 19, 2010 — A specific form of a gene that puts people on the road to schizophrenia may protect against some forms of ... > full story
• Autism
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  More Evidence That Autism Is a Brain 'Connectivity' Disorder

  January 10, 2010 — Studying a rare disorder that also causes autism in 25-50 percent of affected patients, new research supports the emerging idea that autism results from disrupted brain "connectivity" causing ... > full story
• Children's Health
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  Brain Imaging May Help Diagnose Autism

  January 8, 2010 — Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than children without ASDs, and measuring magnetic signals that mark this delay may become a ... > full story
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  Canine Compulsive Disorder Gene Identified in Dogs; Shares Family With Recently Targeted Gene for Autism in Humans

  January 6, 2010 — A canine chromosome 7 locus that confers a high risk of compulsive disorder susceptibility has been ... > full story
• Autism
  Child Development
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Children's Health
  Birth Defects
  Child Psychology
   

  Autism Clusters Identified in California; Associated With Areas of Greater Parental Education

  January 5, 2010 — Researchers at UC Davis have identified 10 locations in California where the incidence of autism is higher than surrounding areas in the same region. Most of the areas, or clusters, are in locations ... > full story
• Autism
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  Birth Defects
  Child Development
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  Children's Health
   

  Uniform Method to Interpret Autism Spectrum Disorders

  January 4, 2010 — The main criterion defining autism spectrum disorders is difficulty in emotional-social behavior. Nevertheless, many people with ASD have some difficulties in three other domains -- memory, ... > full story
• Mice
  Nervous System
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  Biology
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  Scientists Discover a Controller of Brain Circuitry

  December 28, 2009 — By combining a research technique that dates back 136 years with modern molecular genetics, a neuroscientist has been able to see how a mammal's brain shrewdly revisits and reuses the same molecular ... > full story

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