1. Achuta VS, Rezov V, Uutela M, Louhivuori V, Louhivuori L, Castren ML. {{Tissue plasminogen activator contributes to alterations of neuronal migration and activity-dependent responses in fragile x mice}}. {J Neurosci};2014 (Jan 29);34(5):1916-1923.
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited neurodevelopmental disorder with intellectual disability. Here, we show that the expression of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is increased in glial cells differentiated from neural progenitors of Fmr1 knock-out mice, a mouse model for FXS, and that tPA is involved in the altered migration and differentiation of these progenitors lacking FMR1 protein (FMRP). When tPA function is blocked with an antibody, enhanced migration of doublecortin-immunoreactive neurons in 1 d differentiated FMRP-deficient neurospheres is normalized. In time-lapse imaging, blocking the tPA function promotes early glial differentiation and reduces the velocity of nuclear movement of FMRP-deficient radial glia. In addition, we show that enhanced intracellular Ca(2+) responses to depolarization with potassium are prevented by the treatment with the tPA-neutralizing antibody in FMRP-deficient cells during early neural progenitor differentiation. Alterations of the tPA expression in the embryonic, postnatal, and adult brain of Fmr1 knock-out mice suggest an important role for tPA in the abnormal neuronal differentiation and plasticity in FXS. Altogether, the results indicate that tPA may prove to be an interesting potential target for pharmacological intervention in FXS.
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2. Bailey A. {{Autism Treatment Research}}. {Autism Res};2014 (Jan 29)
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3. Case-Smith J, Weaver LL, Fristad MA. {{A systematic review of sensory processing interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders}}. {Autism};2014 (Jan 29)
Children with autism spectrum disorders often exhibit co-occurring sensory processing problems and receive interventions that target self-regulation. In current practice, sensory interventions apply different theoretic constructs, focus on different goals, use a variety of sensory modalities, and involve markedly disparate procedures. Previous reviews examined the effects of sensory interventions without acknowledging these inconsistencies. This systematic review examined the research evidence (2000-2012) of two forms of sensory interventions, sensory integration therapy and sensory-based intervention, for children with autism spectrum disorders and concurrent sensory processing problems. A total of 19 studies were reviewed: 5 examined the effects of sensory integration therapy and 14 sensory-based intervention. The studies defined sensory integration therapies as clinic-based interventions that use sensory-rich, child-directed activities to improve a child’s adaptive responses to sensory experiences. Two randomized controlled trials found positive effects for sensory integration therapy on child performance using Goal Attainment Scaling (effect sizes ranging from .72 to 1.62); other studies (Levels III-IV) found positive effects on reducing behaviors linked to sensory problems. Sensory-based interventions are characterized as classroom-based interventions that use single-sensory strategies, for example, weighted vests or therapy balls, to influence a child’s state of arousal. Few positive effects were found in sensory-based intervention studies. Studies of sensory-based interventions suggest that they may not be effective; however, they did not follow recommended protocols or target sensory processing problems. Although small randomized controlled trials resulted in positive effects for sensory integration therapies, additional rigorous trials using manualized protocols for sensory integration therapy are needed to evaluate effects for children with autism spectrum disorders and sensory processing problems.
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4. Gillespie SM, McCleery JP, Oberman LM. {{Spontaneous versus deliberate vicarious representations: different routes to empathy in psychopathy and autism}}. {Brain};2014 (Jan 28)
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5. Grandgeorge M, Lemonnier E, Degrez C, Jallot N. {{The effect of bumetanide treatment on the sensory behaviours of a young girl with Asperger syndrome}}. {BMJ Case Rep};2014;2014
Sensory behaviours were not considered as core features of autism spectrum disorders until recently. However, they constitute an important part of the observed symptoms that result in social maladjustment and are currently quite difficult to treat. One promising strategy for the treatment of these behaviours is the use of bumetanide, which was previously shown to reduce the severity of autism spectrum disorders. In this study, we proposed to evaluate sensory behaviours using Dunn’s Sensory Profile after 18 months of bumetanide treatment in a 10-year-old girl with Asperger syndrome. Reported improvements covered a large range of sensory behaviours, including auditory, vestibular, tactile, multisensory and oral sensory processing. Although our results were limited to a single case report, we believe that our clinical observations warrant clinical trials to test the long-term efficacy of bumetanide to manage the sensory behaviours of people with autism spectrum disorders.
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6. Guile JM. {{Probabilistic Perception, Empathy, and Dynamic Homeostasis: Insights in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Conduct Disorders}}. {Front Public Health};2014;2:4.
Homeostasis is not a permanent and stable state but instead results from conflicting forces. Therefore, infants have to engage in dynamic exchanges with their environment, in biological, cognitive, and affective domains. Empathy is an adaptive response to these environmental challenges, which contributes to reaching proper dynamic homeostasis and development. Empathy relies on implicit interactive processes, namely probabilistic perception and synchrony, which will be reviewed in the article. If typically-developed neonates are fully equipped to automatically and synchronously interact with their human environment, conduct disorders (CD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present with impairments in empathetic communication, e.g., emotional arousal and facial emotion processing. In addition sensorimotor resonance is lacking in ASD, and emotional concern and semantic empathy are impaired in CD with Callous-Unemotional traits.
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7. Patten E, Belardi K, Baranek GT, Watson LR, Labban JD, Oller DK. {{Vocal Patterns in Infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Canonical Babbling Status and Vocalization Frequency}}. {J Autism Dev Disord};2014 (Jan 31)
Canonical babbling is a critical milestone for speech development and is usually well in place by 10 months. The possibility that infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show late onset of canonical babbling has so far eluded evaluation. Rate of vocalization or « volubility » has also been suggested as possibly aberrant in infants with ASD. We conducted a retrospective video study examining vocalizations of 37 infants at 9-12 and 15-18 months. Twenty-three of the 37 infants were later diagnosed with ASD and indeed produced low rates of canonical babbling and low volubility by comparison with the 14 typically developing infants. The study thus supports suggestions that very early vocal patterns may prove to be a useful component of early screening and diagnosis of ASD.
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8. Pelphrey KA, Yang DY, McPartland JC. {{Building a Social Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorder}}. {Curr Top Behav Neurosci};2014 (Jan 31)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an early onset neurodevelopmental disorder marked by impairments in reciprocal social interaction, communication, and the presence of repetitive or restricted interests and behaviors. Despite great phenotypic heterogeneity and etiologic diversity in ASD, social dysfunction is the unifying feature of ASD. This chapter focuses on understanding the neural systems involved in the processing of social information and its disruption in ASD by reviewing the conceptual background and highlighting some recent advances. In addition, work investigating an alternative interpretation of autistic dysfunction, problems with interconnectivity, and consequent difficulties with complex information processing are addressed.
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9. Saad HA, Elbedour S, Hallaq E, Merrick J, Tenenbaum A. {{Consanguineous Marriage and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities among Arab Bedouins Children of the Negev Region in Southern Israel: A Pilot Study}}. {Front Public Health};2014;2:3.
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10. Sacrey LA, Germani T, Bryson SE, Zwaigenbaum L. {{Reaching and Grasping in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of Recent Literature}}. {Front Neurol};2014;5:6.
Impairments in motor functioning, which, until recently, have rarely been a primary focus in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research, may play a key role in the early expression of biological vulnerability and be associated with key social-communication deficits. This review summarizes current knowledge of motor behavior in ASD, focusing specifically on reaching and grasping. Convergent data across the lifespan indicate that impairments to reaching and grasping emerge early in life, affect the planning and execution of motor programs, and may be impacted by additional impairments to sensory control of motor behavior. The relationship between motor impairments and diagnostic outcomes will be discussed.
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11. Steckler T, Spooren W, Murphy D. {{Autism spectrum disorders – an emerging area in psychopharmacology}}. {Psychopharmacology (Berl)};2014 (Jan 31)
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12. Vara AS, Pang EW, Doyle-Thomas KA, Vidal J, Taylor MJ, Anagnostou E. {{Is inhibitory control a ‘no-go’ in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder?}}. {Mol Autism};2014 (Jan 31);5(1):6.
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a range of neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by social communication deficits, repetitive behaviours, and restrictive interests. Impaired inhibition has been suggested to exacerbate the core symptoms of ASD. This is particularly critical during adolescence when social skills are maturing to adult levels. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), we identified the location and timing pattern of neural activity associated with inhibition in adolescents with autism, compared to typically developing adolescents. METHODS: The MEG data from 15 adolescents with ASD and 15 age-matched controls (13 to 17 years) were collected during a go/no-go task with inverse ratios of go/no-go trials in two conditions: an inhibition condition (1:2) and a baseline condition (2:1). No-go trials from the two conditions were analyzed using beamformer source localizations from 200 ms to 400 ms post-stimulus onset. Significant activations were determined using permutation testing. RESULTS: Adolescents with ASD recruited first the right middle frontal gyrus (200 to 250 ms) followed by the left postcentral gyrus (250 to 300 ms) and finally the left middle frontal and right medial frontal gyri (300 to 400 ms). Typically developing adolescents recruited first the left middle frontal gyrus (200 to 250 ms), followed by the left superior and inferior frontal gyri (250 to 300 ms), then the right middle temporal gyrus (300 to 350 ms), and finally the superior and precentral gyri and right inferior lobule (300 to 400 ms). CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents with ASD showed recruitment limited largely to the frontal cortex unlike typically developing adolescents who recruited parietal and temporal regions as well. These findings support the presence of an atypical, restricted inhibitory network in adolescents with ASD compared to controls.
