Autistic people are often described as “low-” or “high-functioning” based on their scores on cognitive tests. These terms are common in publications and in everyday communication.
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Richard J Davidson, PhD – Slide of the Week
Accumulating evidence indicates that asthma has systemic effects and impacts brain function.
Douglas C Dean, III, PhD – Slide of the Week
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Christopher L. Coe, PhD – Slide of the Week
The relative abundance of only some taxa (e.g., Bifidobacteriaceae) were specifically associated with progesterone.
Brad Christian, PhD – Slide of the Week
The extent to which amyloid-β burden and neurofibrillary tau tangle burden are associated with synaptic degeneration in vivo is not well known.
Randolph Ashton, PhD – Slide of the Week
Our inability to derive the neuronal diversity that comprises the posterior central nervous system (pCNS) using human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) poses an impediment to understanding human neurodevelopment and disease in the hindbrain and spinal cord.
Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD – Slide of the Week
Structural pathologies, such as brain, are present at birth in Down syndrome (trisomy 21), reflecting embryonic origins that are generally associated with smaller organs or reduced growth.
Barbara B. Bendlin, PhD – Slide of the Week
White matter (WM) degeneration is a critical component of early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology.
Carlos Benítez-Barrera, PhD – Slide of the Week
Cultural differences in environmental auditory ecology are usually studied using geographic area monitoring.
Xinyu Zhao, PhD – Slide of the Week
Fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 protein (FMRP) binds many mRNA targets in the brain. The contribution of these targets to fragile X syndrome (FXS) and related autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain unclear.