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 Autism Information - January 9, 2009
| A computerized atlas developed at Washington University, which accurately portrays the complex folds of the cerebral cortex, has revealed 33 abnormalities in the surface of the brains of patients with Williams syndrome. According to United Press International report, David Van Essen, Ph.D., the Edison Professor of Neurobiology and head of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and colleagues from Washington University, Stanford University and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center used brain scan data from 16 individuals with Williams syndrome for the study, allowing them to identify changes in the folds of the cerebral cortex | | London, England (AHN)-Scientists have reached a landmark point in one of the world's most important scientific projects by sequencing the last chromosome in the Human Genome, the so-called "book of life | | A new study finds few pediatricians screen patients regularly for autism and autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) as part of their overall look at possible developmental delays. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that screening for ASD largely remains opportunistic than systematic | | The first national survey of autism incidence confirms that the disorder has become widespread, afflicting an estimated 300,000 U.S. schoolchildren, or about 1 in every 175. The new estimate contrasts sharply with the estimate of 1 in every 2,000 children commonly used only two decades ago, and there has been great controversy about whether the higher prevalence reflects a sharply increased rate of the disorder, better detection or over diagnosis by doctors | | In a major breakthrough for finding a cure, researchers have identified a genetic cause for epilepsy, which could lead to the development of medicines to treat epilepsy and autism, the Translational Genomics Research Institute announced Thursday. Dr. Dietrich Stephan, director of the neurogenomic division of TGen told The Associated Press, "this is the first step" in finding a cure for the childhood-onset diseases | |
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