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Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study / Satoshi YAMAGUCHI ; Mariko HOSOZAWA ; Syudo YAMASAKI ; Shuntaro ANDO ; Mitsuhiro MIYASHITA ; Kaori ENDO ; Daniel STANYON ; Satoshi USAMI ; Sho KANATA ; Riki TANAKA ; Rin MINAMI ; Mariko HIRAIWA-HASEGAWA ; Kiyoto KASAI ; Atsushi NISHIDA in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65-6 (June 2024)
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Titre : Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Auteur ; Mariko HOSOZAWA, Auteur ; Syudo YAMASAKI, Auteur ; Shuntaro ANDO, Auteur ; Mitsuhiro MIYASHITA, Auteur ; Kaori ENDO, Auteur ; Daniel STANYON, Auteur ; Satoshi USAMI, Auteur ; Sho KANATA, Auteur ; Riki TANAKA, Auteur ; Rin MINAMI, Auteur ; Mariko HIRAIWA-HASEGAWA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Atsushi NISHIDA, Auteur Année de publication : 2024 Article en page(s) : p.776-784 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Understanding the etiology of psychosis is essential to the development of preventive interventions. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a rare natural experiment that can expand our understanding of the role of social factors in the trajectories and etiology of psychosis across adolescence, particularly in Tokyo where the prevalence of actual COVID-19 infection remained low. We hypothesized that the likelihood of self-reporting psychotic experiences (PEs) would increase following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC) is a prospective cohort study of adolescents in the general population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed from age 10 to 16?years. We used multi-level linear regression models to test the associations between the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported PEs. Results Among 1935 adolescents included in the analysis, a rapid increase in PEs occurred at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, following approximately 6?years of steady decline across prior waves. This association was more pronounced for boys compared to girls. This increase became more pronounced as the pandemic moved into later phases, defined based on contemporaneous sociopolitical changes in Tokyo (i.e. changes to school closure, social distancing guidelines, and the state of emergency status). Conclusions The steady decline in PEs across adolescence was halted and reversed concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic onset, despite very low rates of COVID-19 infection. This implicates COVID-19 related socioenvironmental factors as contributory etiological factors in the development of PEs in this adolescent cohort. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13907 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=528
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 65-6 (June 2024) . - p.776-784[article] Adolescent psychotic experiences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Auteur ; Mariko HOSOZAWA, Auteur ; Syudo YAMASAKI, Auteur ; Shuntaro ANDO, Auteur ; Mitsuhiro MIYASHITA, Auteur ; Kaori ENDO, Auteur ; Daniel STANYON, Auteur ; Satoshi USAMI, Auteur ; Sho KANATA, Auteur ; Riki TANAKA, Auteur ; Rin MINAMI, Auteur ; Mariko HIRAIWA-HASEGAWA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Atsushi NISHIDA, Auteur . - 2024 . - p.776-784.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 65-6 (June 2024) . - p.776-784
Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Understanding the etiology of psychosis is essential to the development of preventive interventions. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a rare natural experiment that can expand our understanding of the role of social factors in the trajectories and etiology of psychosis across adolescence, particularly in Tokyo where the prevalence of actual COVID-19 infection remained low. We hypothesized that the likelihood of self-reporting psychotic experiences (PEs) would increase following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The Tokyo Teen Cohort (TTC) is a prospective cohort study of adolescents in the general population of the Tokyo metropolitan area, followed from age 10 to 16?years. We used multi-level linear regression models to test the associations between the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported PEs. Results Among 1935 adolescents included in the analysis, a rapid increase in PEs occurred at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, following approximately 6?years of steady decline across prior waves. This association was more pronounced for boys compared to girls. This increase became more pronounced as the pandemic moved into later phases, defined based on contemporaneous sociopolitical changes in Tokyo (i.e. changes to school closure, social distancing guidelines, and the state of emergency status). Conclusions The steady decline in PEs across adolescence was halted and reversed concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic onset, despite very low rates of COVID-19 infection. This implicates COVID-19 related socioenvironmental factors as contributory etiological factors in the development of PEs in this adolescent cohort. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13907 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=528 Genome-wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the East Asian Populations / Xiaoxi LIU in Autism Research, 9-3 (March 2016)
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Titre : Genome-wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the East Asian Populations Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Xiaoxi LIU, Auteur ; Takafumi SHIMADA, Auteur ; Takeshi OTOWA, Auteur ; Yu-Yu WU, Auteur ; Yoshiya KAWAMURA, Auteur ; Mamoru TOCHIGI, Auteur ; Yasuhide IWATA, Auteur ; Tadashi UMEKAGE, Auteur ; Tomoko TOYOTA, Auteur ; Motoko MAEKAWA, Auteur ; Yoshimi IWAYAMA, Auteur ; Katsuaki SUZUKI, Auteur ; Chihiro KAKIUCHI, Auteur ; Hitoshi KUWABARA, Auteur ; Yukiko KANO, Auteur ; Hisami NISHIDA, Auteur ; Toshiro SUGIYAMA, Auteur ; Nobumasa KATO, Auteur ; Chia-Hsiang CHEN, Auteur ; Norio MORI, Auteur ; Kazuo YAMADA, Auteur ; Takeo YOSHIKAWA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Katsushi TOKUNAGA, Auteur ; Tsukasa SASAKI, Auteur ; Susan Shur-Fen GAU, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.340-349 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : autism autism spectrum disorder genome-wide association study genetics common variation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder with strong genetic basis. To identify common genetic variations conferring the risk of ASD, we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study using ASD family and healthy control samples obtained from East Asian populations. A total of 166 ASD families (n?=?500) and 642 healthy controls from the Japanese population were used as the discovery cohort. Approximately 900,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP array 6.0 chips. In the replication stage, 205 Japanese ASD cases and 184 healthy controls, as well as 418 Chinese Han trios (n?=?1,254), were genotyped by TaqMan platform. Case–control analysis, family based association test, and transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) were then conducted to test the association. In the discovery stage, significant associations were suggested for 14 loci, including 5 known ASD candidate genes: GPC6, JARID2, YTHDC2, CNTN4, and CSMD1. In addition, significant associations were identified for several novel genes with intriguing functions, such as JPH3, PTPRD, CUX1, and RIT2. After a meta-analysis combining the Japanese replication samples, the strongest signal was found at rs16976358 (P?=?6.04 × 10?7), which is located near the RIT2 gene. In summary, our results provide independent support to known ASD candidate genes and highlight a number of novel genes warranted to be further investigated in a larger sample set in an effort to improve our understanding of the genetic basis of ASD. Autism Res 2016, 9: 340–349. © 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1536 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=285
in Autism Research > 9-3 (March 2016) . - p.340-349[article] Genome-wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the East Asian Populations [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Xiaoxi LIU, Auteur ; Takafumi SHIMADA, Auteur ; Takeshi OTOWA, Auteur ; Yu-Yu WU, Auteur ; Yoshiya KAWAMURA, Auteur ; Mamoru TOCHIGI, Auteur ; Yasuhide IWATA, Auteur ; Tadashi UMEKAGE, Auteur ; Tomoko TOYOTA, Auteur ; Motoko MAEKAWA, Auteur ; Yoshimi IWAYAMA, Auteur ; Katsuaki SUZUKI, Auteur ; Chihiro KAKIUCHI, Auteur ; Hitoshi KUWABARA, Auteur ; Yukiko KANO, Auteur ; Hisami NISHIDA, Auteur ; Toshiro SUGIYAMA, Auteur ; Nobumasa KATO, Auteur ; Chia-Hsiang CHEN, Auteur ; Norio MORI, Auteur ; Kazuo YAMADA, Auteur ; Takeo YOSHIKAWA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Katsushi TOKUNAGA, Auteur ; Tsukasa SASAKI, Auteur ; Susan Shur-Fen GAU, Auteur . - p.340-349.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Autism Research > 9-3 (March 2016) . - p.340-349
Mots-clés : autism autism spectrum disorder genome-wide association study genetics common variation Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Autism spectrum disorder is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder with strong genetic basis. To identify common genetic variations conferring the risk of ASD, we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study using ASD family and healthy control samples obtained from East Asian populations. A total of 166 ASD families (n?=?500) and 642 healthy controls from the Japanese population were used as the discovery cohort. Approximately 900,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP array 6.0 chips. In the replication stage, 205 Japanese ASD cases and 184 healthy controls, as well as 418 Chinese Han trios (n?=?1,254), were genotyped by TaqMan platform. Case–control analysis, family based association test, and transmission/disequilibrium test (TDT) were then conducted to test the association. In the discovery stage, significant associations were suggested for 14 loci, including 5 known ASD candidate genes: GPC6, JARID2, YTHDC2, CNTN4, and CSMD1. In addition, significant associations were identified for several novel genes with intriguing functions, such as JPH3, PTPRD, CUX1, and RIT2. After a meta-analysis combining the Japanese replication samples, the strongest signal was found at rs16976358 (P?=?6.04 × 10?7), which is located near the RIT2 gene. In summary, our results provide independent support to known ASD candidate genes and highlight a number of novel genes warranted to be further investigated in a larger sample set in an effort to improve our understanding of the genetic basis of ASD. Autism Res 2016, 9: 340–349. © 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1536 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=285 Oxytocin-induced increase in N,N-dimethylglycine and time course of changes in oxytocin efficacy for autism social core symptoms / Y. KATO in Molecular Autism, 12 (2021)
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Titre : Oxytocin-induced increase in N,N-dimethylglycine and time course of changes in oxytocin efficacy for autism social core symptoms Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Y. KATO, Auteur ; H. KUWABARA, Auteur ; T. OKADA, Auteur ; T. MUNESUE, Auteur ; S. BENNER, Auteur ; M. KURODA, Auteur ; M. KOJIMA, Auteur ; W. YASSIN, Auteur ; Y. ERIGUCHI, Auteur ; Y. KAMENO, Auteur ; C. MURAYAMA, Auteur ; T. NISHIMURA, Auteur ; K. TSUCHIYA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; N. OZAKI, Auteur ; H. KOSAKA, Auteur ; H. YAMASUE, Auteur Article en page(s) : 15 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Administration, Intranasal Adolescent Adult Autistic Disorder/blood/drug therapy/metabolism/psychology Double-Blind Method Facial Expression Humans Male Metabolomics Middle Aged Oxytocin/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacokinetics Sarcosine/analogs & derivatives/blood Social Behavior Treatment Outcome Young Adult Asperger Autism Clinical trial Developmental disorders Facial expression N,N-Dimethylglycine Neuropeptide Oxytocin Plasticity collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. There are no conflicts of interest. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Oxytocin is expected as a novel therapeutic agent for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) core symptoms. However, previous results on the efficacy of repeated administrations of oxytocin are controversial. Recently, we reported time-course changes in the efficacy of the neuropeptide underlying the controversial effects of repeated administration; however, the underlying mechanisms remained unknown. METHODS: The current study explored metabolites representing the molecular mechanisms of oxytocin's efficacy using high-throughput metabolomics analysis on plasma collected before and after 6-week repeated intranasal administration of oxytocin (48 IU/day) or placebo in adult males with ASD (N?=?106) who participated in a multi-center, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized controlled trial. RESULTS: Among the 35 metabolites measured, a significant increase in N,N-dimethylglycine was detected in the subjects administered oxytocin compared with those given placebo at a medium effect size (false discovery rate (FDR) corrected P?=?0.043, d?=?0.74, N?=?83). Furthermore, subgroup analyses of the participants displaying a prominent time-course change in oxytocin efficacy revealed a significant effect of oxytocin on N,N-dimethylglycine levels with a large effect size (P(FDR)?=?0.004, d?=?1.13, N?=?60). The increase in N,N-dimethylglycine was significantly correlated with oxytocin-induced clinical changes, assessed as changes in quantifiable characteristics of autistic facial expression, including both of improvements between baseline and 2 weeks (P(FDR)?=?0.006, r?=?-?0.485, N?=?43) and deteriorations between 2 and 4 weeks (P(FDR)?=?0.032, r?=?0.415, N?=?37). LIMITATIONS: The metabolites changes caused by oxytocin administration were quantified using peripheral blood and therefore may not directly reflect central nervous system changes. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate an association of N,N-dimethylglycine upregulation with the time-course change in the efficacy of oxytocin on autistic social deficits. Furthermore, the current findings support the involvement of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and neural plasticity to the time-course change in oxytocin's efficacy. TRIAL REGISTRATION: A multi-center, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, double-blind, confirmatory trial of intranasal oxytocin in participants with autism spectrum disorders (the date registered: 30 October 2014; UMIN Clinical Trials Registry: https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000017703 ) (UMIN000015264). En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00423-z Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=459
in Molecular Autism > 12 (2021) . - 15 p.[article] Oxytocin-induced increase in N,N-dimethylglycine and time course of changes in oxytocin efficacy for autism social core symptoms [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Y. KATO, Auteur ; H. KUWABARA, Auteur ; T. OKADA, Auteur ; T. MUNESUE, Auteur ; S. BENNER, Auteur ; M. KURODA, Auteur ; M. KOJIMA, Auteur ; W. YASSIN, Auteur ; Y. ERIGUCHI, Auteur ; Y. KAMENO, Auteur ; C. MURAYAMA, Auteur ; T. NISHIMURA, Auteur ; K. TSUCHIYA, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; N. OZAKI, Auteur ; H. KOSAKA, Auteur ; H. YAMASUE, Auteur . - 15 p.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Molecular Autism > 12 (2021) . - 15 p.
Mots-clés : Administration, Intranasal Adolescent Adult Autistic Disorder/blood/drug therapy/metabolism/psychology Double-Blind Method Facial Expression Humans Male Metabolomics Middle Aged Oxytocin/administration & dosage/blood/pharmacokinetics Sarcosine/analogs & derivatives/blood Social Behavior Treatment Outcome Young Adult Asperger Autism Clinical trial Developmental disorders Facial expression N,N-Dimethylglycine Neuropeptide Oxytocin Plasticity collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript or decision to submit the manuscript for publication. There are no conflicts of interest. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: Oxytocin is expected as a novel therapeutic agent for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) core symptoms. However, previous results on the efficacy of repeated administrations of oxytocin are controversial. Recently, we reported time-course changes in the efficacy of the neuropeptide underlying the controversial effects of repeated administration; however, the underlying mechanisms remained unknown. METHODS: The current study explored metabolites representing the molecular mechanisms of oxytocin's efficacy using high-throughput metabolomics analysis on plasma collected before and after 6-week repeated intranasal administration of oxytocin (48 IU/day) or placebo in adult males with ASD (N?=?106) who participated in a multi-center, parallel-group, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized controlled trial. RESULTS: Among the 35 metabolites measured, a significant increase in N,N-dimethylglycine was detected in the subjects administered oxytocin compared with those given placebo at a medium effect size (false discovery rate (FDR) corrected P?=?0.043, d?=?0.74, N?=?83). Furthermore, subgroup analyses of the participants displaying a prominent time-course change in oxytocin efficacy revealed a significant effect of oxytocin on N,N-dimethylglycine levels with a large effect size (P(FDR)?=?0.004, d?=?1.13, N?=?60). The increase in N,N-dimethylglycine was significantly correlated with oxytocin-induced clinical changes, assessed as changes in quantifiable characteristics of autistic facial expression, including both of improvements between baseline and 2 weeks (P(FDR)?=?0.006, r?=?-?0.485, N?=?43) and deteriorations between 2 and 4 weeks (P(FDR)?=?0.032, r?=?0.415, N?=?37). LIMITATIONS: The metabolites changes caused by oxytocin administration were quantified using peripheral blood and therefore may not directly reflect central nervous system changes. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate an association of N,N-dimethylglycine upregulation with the time-course change in the efficacy of oxytocin on autistic social deficits. Furthermore, the current findings support the involvement of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and neural plasticity to the time-course change in oxytocin's efficacy. TRIAL REGISTRATION: A multi-center, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, double-blind, confirmatory trial of intranasal oxytocin in participants with autism spectrum disorders (the date registered: 30 October 2014; UMIN Clinical Trials Registry: https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000017703 ) (UMIN000015264). En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-021-00423-z Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=459 Parental age and assisted reproductive technology in autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Tourette syndrome in a Japanese population / Takafumi SHIMADA in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6-1 (January-March 2012)
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Titre : Parental age and assisted reproductive technology in autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Tourette syndrome in a Japanese population Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Takafumi SHIMADA, Auteur ; Atsushi KITAMOTO, Auteur ; Ayako TODOKORO, Auteur ; Ayaka ISHII-TAKAHASHI, Auteur ; Hitoshi KAWAMURA, Auteur ; Soo-Yung KIM, Auteur ; Kei-ichiro WATANABE, Auteur ; Iwao MINOWA, Auteur ; Toshikazu SOMEYA, Auteur ; Hiroshi OHTSU, Auteur ; Yutaka OSUGA, Auteur ; Yukiko KANO, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Nobumasa KATO, Auteur ; Tsukasa SASAKI, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : p.500-507 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Tourette syndrome Parental age Assisted reproductive technology Japanese population Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We investigated whether advanced parental age and assisted reproductive technology (ART) are risk factors in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Tourette syndrome (TS). Clinical charts of Japanese outpatients with ASD (n = 552), ADHD (n = 87), and TS (n = 123) were reviewed. Parental age of individuals with ASD, ADHD, or TS was compared with parental age in the general population (GP) of Tokyo after adjusting for year of birth. Paternal and maternal ages were significantly higher in persons with ASD and ADHD, but not those with TS. In final steps of stepwise logistic regression analysis, both maternal and paternal age were associated with ASD after controlling for the other parent's age, gender, and birth order. In cases where the presence or absence of ART could be ascertained (ASD n = 467; ADHD n = 64; TS n = 83), the rate of ART in cases of persons with ASD (4.5%) was 1.8 times the frequency expected in the GP, while ART was not present in cases of persons with ADHD and TS. These preliminary results remain tentative pending replication with larger, community-based samples. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.07.010 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=146
in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 6-1 (January-March 2012) . - p.500-507[article] Parental age and assisted reproductive technology in autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Tourette syndrome in a Japanese population [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Takafumi SHIMADA, Auteur ; Atsushi KITAMOTO, Auteur ; Ayako TODOKORO, Auteur ; Ayaka ISHII-TAKAHASHI, Auteur ; Hitoshi KAWAMURA, Auteur ; Soo-Yung KIM, Auteur ; Kei-ichiro WATANABE, Auteur ; Iwao MINOWA, Auteur ; Toshikazu SOMEYA, Auteur ; Hiroshi OHTSU, Auteur ; Yutaka OSUGA, Auteur ; Yukiko KANO, Auteur ; Kiyoto KASAI, Auteur ; Nobumasa KATO, Auteur ; Tsukasa SASAKI, Auteur . - 2012 . - p.500-507.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders > 6-1 (January-March 2012) . - p.500-507
Mots-clés : Autism Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Tourette syndrome Parental age Assisted reproductive technology Japanese population Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : We investigated whether advanced parental age and assisted reproductive technology (ART) are risk factors in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and Tourette syndrome (TS). Clinical charts of Japanese outpatients with ASD (n = 552), ADHD (n = 87), and TS (n = 123) were reviewed. Parental age of individuals with ASD, ADHD, or TS was compared with parental age in the general population (GP) of Tokyo after adjusting for year of birth. Paternal and maternal ages were significantly higher in persons with ASD and ADHD, but not those with TS. In final steps of stepwise logistic regression analysis, both maternal and paternal age were associated with ASD after controlling for the other parent's age, gender, and birth order. In cases where the presence or absence of ART could be ascertained (ASD n = 467; ADHD n = 64; TS n = 83), the rate of ART in cases of persons with ASD (4.5%) was 1.8 times the frequency expected in the GP, while ART was not present in cases of persons with ADHD and TS. These preliminary results remain tentative pending replication with larger, community-based samples. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2011.07.010 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=146