Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition, and little is known about its
neurobiology. Much of autism research has focused on the social, communication and …

Background The etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been recently debated
due to emerging findings on the importance of shared environmental influences. However …

In the last 40 years, there has been a huge increase in autism genetics research and a
rapidly growing number of discoveries. We now know autism is one of the most highly …

Importance The frequency with which autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are diagnosed has
shown a marked increase in recent years. One suggestion is that this is partly because of …

Importance Most evidence to date highlights the importance of genetic influences on the
liability to autism and related traits. However, most of these findings are derived from …

Background Although autism spectrum condition (ASC) is strongly genetic in origin,
accumulating evidence points to the critical roles of various environmental influences on its …

Animal models indicate that maternal infection during pregnancy can result in behavioral
abnormalities and neuropathologies in offspring. We examined the association between …

This article reviews available data regarding the possible association of organophosphorus
(OP) pesticides with neurological disorders such as dementia, attention deficit hyperactivity …

The characterizing features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are continuously distributed
in nature; however, prior twin studies have not systematically incorporated this knowledge …

Low vitamin D status in early development has been hypothesised as an environmental risk
factor for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), given the concurrent increase in the prevalence …