Tag: brain

Discovering age-specific brain changes in autism

New Brain Changes In Autism! The field of autism research has tried to find a central theory underlying brain changes associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Now, a new study shows that individuals with the disorder exhibit different patterns of brain connectivity, when compared to typically developing (TD) individuals and that these patterns adjust as […]

Down Syndrome Cell Problems

Down Syndrome Neurons Grown From Stem Cells Show Signature Problems Brain cells have been grown from skin cells of individuals with Down Syndrome. The University of Wisconsin-Madison says, Down syndrome is the most common genetic form of intellectual disability, results from an extra copy of one chromosome. Even though people with Down Syndrome experience intellectual […]