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A Matter of Touch: Researchers Uncover A New Source of Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders, Molecular Biology | 0 comment | 20 November, 2019 | 0

Researchers have identified a new source for the symptoms of touch overreactivity in some individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

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Why We Need a Better Awareness of How Autism Spectrum Disorder Differs in Women

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders | 0 comment | 23 April, 2019 | 0

Are the current clinical guidelines for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) weighted too heavily toward male patients? That’s the conclusion of a team of researchers from the Lurie Center for Autism.

New Protocol Could Improve Early Autism Diagnosis Through Eye Tracking

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders | 0 comment | 17 January, 2019 | 0

Researchers from the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a new testing protocol to screen infants, toddlers and young children for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using eye tracking software. The tool could increase early detection rates and reduce the time and cost of current screening techniques.

Could Folic Acid Help Reduce the Rates of Autism and Schizophrenia?

By gir0 | Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia | 0 comment | 2 October, 2018 | 0

Folate levels have, once again, become an area of interest for a Massachusetts General Hospital -based research team after finding that increased in utero folic acid exposure is associated with changes in brain development later in life that could reduce the risk of psychosis and schizophrenia.

Game On for Autism Research at Mass General

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders | 0 comment | 2 April, 2018 | 0

Kirstin Birtwell, PhD, is studying the use of technology in children with autism at the Lurie Center Researchers at the Lurie Center for Autism at Massachusetts General Hospital are exploring how commercial technologies might help children with autism communicate. The project is being supported by Game On For Autism Research (GoFAR, www.GoFarFoundation.org ), a non-profit founded by impassionedRead more

12 Days of Research at Mass General: Autism and the Blood-Brain Barrier

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders, Events, Five Things to Know, Gastroenterology | 0 comment | 13 December, 2017 | 0

In the 12 days leading up to our holiday hiatus, we are looking back on the past year and sharing some highlights in Massachusetts General Hospital research news from each month of 2017.

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Brain Imaging Studies Provide New Insights into Biological Basis of Behaviors in Schizophrenia and Autism

By mghresearch | Autism Spectrum Disorders, Neurology, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia | 0 comment | 10 October, 2017 | 0

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are using brain imaging technology to learn more about how individuals with autism and schizophrenia view the world through different lenses.

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