Autism

Autism Profiles Different Diagnosed Early from Later On

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A study shows that autism diagnosed earlier versus later in life may reflect different developmental pathways and genetic profiles. In longitudinal data from four birth cohorts, there were two distinct socioemotional and behavioral trajectories tied to age at autism diagnosis. Genetic factors explained about 11% of the variation in when […]

Prolonged Functional Connections in Autism

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An US cohort study showed that prolonged temporal synchrony of functional brain connections is reproducibly observed in autism. The study included male autism (n = 52, mean age 27.73 years) and typically developing individuals (n = 38, 27.09 years) between December 2016 and April 2018. Increases in both sustained and functional brain connectivity at […]