![New Technique Recreates Large-Scale Genetic Errors](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/abstracttexturebackgroundwithsquares-1440_0.jpg?itok=_PotMelA)
Second-generation antipsychotic medications like risperidone (Risperdal) and aripiprazole (Abilify) can help reduce agitation and irritability in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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![Researchers Identify Gene Variations Specifically Associated with Intellectual Disability](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/neuroncellsnetworkconcept-1440_0.jpg?itok=U3meq0H1)
Deletions of DNA in a portion of a gene known as NRXN1 may play a role in neurodevelopmental disorders, according to a study published on May 19, 2016 in Genetics in Medicine. In an examination of…
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![Illustration of nerve cell signaling](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/illustrationofnervecellwithlighteffects-1440.jpg?itok=s9w7EkDp)
Researchers have uncovered a cell signaling defect that may be responsible for an early overgrowth of neurons in some people with autism. In brain cells grown in the lab, the problem can be corrected…
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![Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Raised Odds of Schizophrenia in Children](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/sleepingbaby-1440.jpg?itok=n-qlddFR)
Prenatal exposure to nicotine can raise the odds that a child may develop schizophrenia later in life, according to a new study of Finnish women and children, published May 24 in the American Journal…
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![Psychotherapy Benefits Moms with Major Depression and Their Children](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/portraithappymotheryounggirloutdoorspark-1440.jpg?itok=Ud63Xpu-)
When mothers who suffer from major depression undergo a brief period of psychotherapy, they and their children both benefit, according to research reported this month in the Journal of the American…
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