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Study may explain how infections reduce autism symptoms

Wednesday, Dec 18
… Study may explain how infections reduce autism symptoms December 18, 2019 Research Findings An immune … “People have seen this phenomenon before [in people with autism], but it’s the kind of story that is hard to believe, … that could help to reduce some behavioral symptoms of autism or other neurological disorders, says Choi, who is …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/597

How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior

Thursday, Jan 28
… How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior January 28, 2016 Research findings … while pregnant were much more likely to have a child with autism (even though the overall risk of delivering a child with autism remained low). Now research from MIT, the University …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/459

Studies help explain link between autism, severe infection during pregnancy

Wednesday, Sep 13
… Studies help explain link between autism, severe infection during pregnancy September 13, 2017 … play a central role. neuroimmunology inhibitory neurons autism spectrum disorders cortex proprioception … during pregnancy are at higher risk of having a child with autism. Two new studies from MIT and the University of …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/458

Study IDs important role for specific gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism

Tuesday, Mar 20
… IDs important role for specific gene in 16p11.2 deletion autism March 20, 2018 Research Findings Study finds MVP … In a new study of one of the most common genetic causes of autism, neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for … deletion syndrome . Accounting for up to 1 percent of autism cases, 16p11.2 deletion occurs in people who are …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/272

Special Seminar with Miguel Castelo-Branco, PhD

… forms of plasticity in neurodevelopmental disorders in the autism spectrum and forms of rehabilitation based on … of disease and plasticity in human genetic models in the autism spectrum. He identified visual biomarkers in … visual field loss. He doing interdisciplinary work in autism research combining cognitive neuroscience and …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/331

Speeding up drug discovery for brain diseases

Wednesday, Jul 31
… CRISPR/Cas9 stem cells neurodevelopmental disorders autism spectrum disorders … a rare neurodevelopmental condition that often involves autism-like behaviors in patients. The new study, conducted … is implicated in a variety of brain diseases, including autism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and depression. The …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/560

How could Covid-19 and the body’s immune response affect the brain?

Tuesday, Apr 21
… by which infection in a pregnant mother can lead to autism-like symptoms in her child and how, counterintuitively, infection in people with some autism spectrum disorders can temporarily mitigate behavioral … her and Huh’s studies of how maternal infection leads to autism-like symptoms in their offspring, they are concerned …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/637

Neuroscientists look to the body to better understand the brain

Monday, Jul 01
… individuals suffer from mental health concerns such as autism and depression. “There appear to be specific types of … mouse’s immune system activation and the development of autism-like behavioral abnormalities in offspring. The next …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/539

Mark Bear

… 2003, Bear joined the Picower faculty. Genetic Engineering Autism Spectrum Disorders Early Life Stress Visual System … for human developmental brain disorders that cause autism. One form of hippocampal LTD is triggered by … most common inherited form of intellectual disability and autism. Insight gained by the study of LTD suggested that …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/38

Gloria Choi

… of Richard Axel at Columbia University. Neural Circuits Autism Spectrum Disorders autism neuroimmunology cortex proprioception … mediated maternal immune activation and the development of autism-like behavioral abnormalities in offspring. The …
https://picower.mit.edu/node/443

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