Past research has highlighted the importance of early identification of developmental differences to improve targeted access to early interventions or supports. As such, it is of particular importance in the context of children at elevated likelihood of autism (such as where an older sibling has a diagnosis of autism), to better understand when and which early concerns are important as predictors of which children will benefit from pre-diagnostic supports. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

Overall, we found that the regulatory variants in autism spectrum disorder cases were enriched in ASD-risk genes and genes involved in fetal neurodevelopment ...

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• 2019
• November 2019

Probiotics may be neuroprotective for preterm neonates due to their anti-inflammatory effects and ability to facilitate nutrition. AIM: To assess long-term effects of early probiotic supplementation on neuropsychological development in preterm infants ...

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• 2020
• August 2020

In the majority of people, language production is lateralized to the left cerebral hemisphere and visuospatial skills to the right. ...

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• 2012
• May 2012

In the majority of people, functional differences are observed between the two cerebral hemispheres: language production is typically subserved by the left... ...

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• 2011
• August 2011

This paper presents a response to the Camarata (2014) lead article regarding the accuracy and effectiveness of early identification and early intervention... ...

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• 2014
• February 2014

In this study, the influence of genome-wide measured single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was investigated in 3 cohorts (total N = 4,596 children) in which... ...

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• 2014
• February 2014

Research has proposed that autistic-like traits in the general population lie on a continuum, with clinical ASD representing the extreme end of this... ...

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• 2013
• October 2013

This study provided evidence for high rate of alternative medicine use in an Australian paediatric ASD population, similar to other countries. ...

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• 2014
• January 2014

In this paper we review the evidence that fetuses gestated with a male co-twin are masculinized in development, perhaps due to the influence of prenatal... ...

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• 2011
• November 2011