Here we investigate these features in an animal model related to autism spectrum disorder - the DVD-deficient rat ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• May 2019

We conducted a study that examined the concordance of diagnoses between a multidisciplinary assessment team and a range of clinicians in Australia. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

This is the first study to show an association between early language ability and autistic-like traits in adulthood ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

Prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors ...

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• 2016
• November 2016

These data provide the first evidence for a broad autism phenotype expressed in a physical characteristic ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

The broad autism phenotype commonly refers to sub-clinical levels of autistic-like behaviour and cognition presented in biological relatives of autistic people. In a recent study, we reported findings suggesting that the broad autism phenotype may also be expressed in facial morphology, specifically increased facial masculinity. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

The developmental origins of handedness remain elusive, though very early emergence suggests individual differences manifesting in utero could play an important role. Prenatal testosterone and Vitamin D exposure are considered, yet findings and interpretations remain equivocal. ...

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• 2022
• August 2022

We review medical conditions that have been repeatedly highlighted as sharing the strongest associations with ASD-epilepsy, sleep, as well as gastrointestinal and immune functioning ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

Autism is a disorder characterized by a core impairment in social behaviour. A prominent component of this social deficit is poor orienting to speech. ...

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• 2008
• July 2008

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition whose biological basis is yet to be elucidated. The Australian Autism Biobank (AAB) is an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC) to establish an Australian resource of biospecimens, phenotypes and genomic data for research on autism. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021