Scientists find clues about autism subtypes
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Researchers tracked brain growth and structure in hundreds of children from age 3 to age 12. UC Davis Health/Courtesy photo
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UC Davis MIND Institute researchers tracked brain changes in children over many years using MRI scans
SACRAMENTO Two studies at the UC Davis MIND Institute provide clues about possible types of autism linked to brain structure, including size and white-matter growth.
The research is based on brain scans taken over many years as part of the Autism Phenome Project and Girls with Autism, Imaging of Neurodevelopment studies. It shows the value of longitudinal studies that follow the same children from diagnosis into adolescence.
Studies provide clues about possible types of autism linked to brain structure
Two groundbreaking studies at the UC Davis MIND Institute provide clues about possible types of autism linked to brain structure, including size and white matter growth.
The research is based on brain scans taken over many years as part of the Autism Phenome Project (APP) and Girls with Autism, Imaging of Neurodevelopment (GAIN) studies. It shows the value of longitudinal studies that follow the same children from diagnosis into adolescence. There is no other single site data set like ours anywhere, said Christine Wu Nordahl, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute faculty member and co-senior author on both papers. In one of the studies we have over 1,000 MRI scans from 400 kids, which is unheard of. It s been 15 years of work to get here.
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University of Florida alum Alejandro Tosti carded a bogey-free 63 in the opening round and holds a one-shot lead at the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica’s Puerto Plata Open in the Dominican Republic. (Media/PGA TOUR)
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted PGA TOUR Latinoamérica players in many different ways. For Argentina’s Alejandro Tosti, it was a blessing in disguise as the lack of playing opportunities allowed him to focus on earning his Spanish language and literature degree from the University of Florida.
Tosti had his last final exam a week ago and will receive his degree during a virtual graduation ceremony this coming Saturday. Carrying on the excitement of having achieved a major personal goal into this week, Tosti fired a bogey-free, 8-under 63 Thursday to hold the outright lead in the opening round of the Puerto Plata Open.
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Two groundbreaking studies at the UC Davis MIND Institute provide clues about possible types of autism linked to brain structure, including size and white matter growth.
The research is based on brain scans taken over many years as part of the Autism Phenome Project (APP) and Girls with Autism, Imaging of Neurodevelopment (GAIN) studies. It shows the value of longitudinal studies that follow the same children from diagnosis into adolescence. There is no other single site data set like ours anywhere, said Christine Wu Nordahl, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MIND Institute faculty member and co-senior author on both papers. In one of the studies we have over 1,000 MRI scans from 400 kids, which is unheard of. It s been 15 years of work to get here.
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