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Questioning Answers: Immune related genes and pathways feature in 22q11DS-ASD
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Friday, 7 August 2015. Immune related genes and pathways feature in 22q11DS-ASD. A quick post for your consumption today based on the findings reported by Maria Jalbrzikowski and colleagues. 1] (open-access available here. Who undertook " genomic analyses of 22q11DS to identify genes and pathways related to specific phenotypes. 22q11DS - 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome. Differential expression] analysis and WGCNA. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis.
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Questioning Answers: Gender differences in chronic fatigue syndrome
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Gender differences in chronic fatigue syndrome. The title of this post matches the title of the paper published by Monica Faro and colleagues. 1] ( open-access here. And some potentially important data on " whether there are gender-related differences in CFS. And to define a clinical phenotype in men. There as an example of potential under-diagnosis in action with another label in mind. 119 (9%) of the cohort were described as...
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Questioning Answers: Assessing multiple associations in autoimmunity
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Friday, 16 September 2011. Assessing multiple associations in autoimmunity. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Have been a recurrent theme throughout various research on autism spectrum and lots of other conditions in recent times. The accumulated data on the subject seems to indicate several things: ( i. We are all a product of mutation. Whether we have autism or not), ( ii. There are multiple mutations suggested to be linked to autism. Immune me...
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Questioning Answers: Schizophrenia and CRP meta-analysed
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Tuesday, 11 August 2015. Schizophrenia and CRP meta-analysed. Levels were moderately increased in persons with SZ. Regardless of the use of antipsychotics and did not change between the first episode of psychosis and with progression of SZ. That was the conclusion reached by Fernandes and colleagues. 1] as part of their meta-analysis. Of all cross-sectional studies of serum and plasma CRP levels in SZ compared to healthy subjects. Assessed over 25 stud...
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Questioning Answers: Screening for autism in young children: 6 questions to ask
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Monday, 3 August 2015. Screening for autism in young children: 6 questions to ask. Question 1: Does your child ever point with their index finger to ask for something? Question 2: Is your child able to imitate you or your actions, for example if you pull a face? Question 3: Does your child ever use pretend play, for example to talk on a phone or take care of a doll? Question 4: Does your child look at something across a room when you point to it? Based...
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Questioning Answers: More medical illness associated with bipolar disorder
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Thursday, 6 August 2015. More medical illness associated with bipolar disorder. In a previous post on this blog I covered the idea that a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Previously called manic depression) might 'set someone up' for an elevated risk of various other medical illnesses when compared with data from asymptomatic controls ( see here. Today I'm continuing that theme based on the findings reported by Hsu and colleagues. For the presence of PUDs.
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Questioning Answers: Methylphenidate: a repairer of the 'oxidative balance' in ADHD?
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Saturday, 1 August 2015. Methylphenidate: a repairer of the 'oxidative balance' in ADHD? A fairly quick post for you today based on the findings reported by Esra Guney and colleagues. 1] who examined whether markers of oxidative stress. An imbalance " between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or to repair the resulting damage. Repairs the oxidative bala...
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Questioning Answers: Psychiatric comorbidity accompanying irritable bowel syndrome
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Thursday, 13 August 2015. Psychiatric comorbidity accompanying irritable bowel syndrome. OK, a few choice words to start: the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). Nationwide cohort study, large participant numbers. That's right. Yet again Taiwan continues to give when it comes to research based on that very useful national health insurance program. Regular readers will already know that I'm a fan of this resource. Lo and behold, after s...
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Questioning Answers: Co-factor this: tetrahydrobiopterin and autism
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News and views on autism research and other musings. Tuesday, 29 May 2012. Co-factor this: tetrahydrobiopterin and autism. Tetrahydrobiopterin [tetra - hydro. yes the spelling is right] has made an appearance previously on this blog. Recently presented at IMFAR 2012. Likewise, experimental use of BH4 have hinted at some potential positive effects to be had in some cases of autism as per this trial by Danfors and colleagues. At IMFAR 2012, oxytocin - the cuddle hormone. Seems to have done quite a bit on B...
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