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Mar. 5, 2021 A study of national data shows the devastating impact the pandemic has had on those with intellectual disabilities and their ...
July 25, 2022 Children hold stereotypical views that 'brilliance' is a male trait, and this belief strengthens as they grow up to the age of twelve, researchers have ...
Sep. 7, 2022 Infections in pregnant women have been linked to an increased risk of neurodevelopmental conditions, such as autism, in the child later in life. But it does not seem to be the infections themselves ...
Apr. 19, 2021 Intellectual disability is most often caused by changes to the genome that take place in early fetal development and are not found in the parents' DNA. This is why the risk of recurrence in the ...
Sep. 7, 2023 Children of a parent with alcohol or drug use disorder have a greater risk of intellectual disability, even if the problem only lies with the father, researchers report. According to the study, ...
Apr. 22, 2021 Mice with symptoms that mimic Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) have difficulty with learning and generating new neurons in the hippocampus. However, according to a new study, these mental defects can be ...
Oct. 8, 2021 The greater number of deaths amongst those with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities has been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study based on more than 160,000 patients has ...
Sep. 1, 2022 A new study reveals how a rare genetic mutation leads to intellectual disability. The P212L mutation in an enzyme called CaMKIIalpha, which is important for learning and memory, is known to be linked ...
June 1, 2021 Psychotic disorders comes with a progressive decline in IQ. If current drug treatments are successful in containing psychotic symptoms, nothing can be done to prevent the deterioration of ...
Feb. 22, 2022 UNLV-led research team identifies key brain protein to target for new customized drug therapies treating adverse symptoms of developmental disorder ...