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  2. Unusual behavioral reactions to sensory stimuli are frequently reported in individuals on the autism spectrum (AS). Despite the early emergence of sensory features (< age 3) and their potential impact on devel...

    Authors: Svenja Espenhahn, Kate J. Godfrey, Sakshi Kaur, Maia Ross, Niloy Nath, Olesya Dmitrieva, Carly McMorris, Filomeno Cortese, Charlene Wright, Kara Murias, Deborah Dewey, Andrea B. Protzner, Adam McCrimmon, Signe Bray and Ashley D. Harris

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:26

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  3. One of the causal mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) is chromatin modification and the genes that regulate chromatin. AT-rich interactive domain 1B (ARID1B), a chromatin modifier, has been ...

    Authors: J. Ellegood, S. P. Petkova, A. Kinman, L. R. Qiu, A. Adhikari, A. A. Wade, D. Fernandes, Z. Lindenmaier, A. Creighton, L. M. J. Nutter, A. S. Nord, J. L. Silverman and J. P. Lerch

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:25

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  4. The Early Markers for Autism (EMA) study is a population-based case–control study designed to learn more about early biologic processes involved in ASD.

    Authors: Kristen Lyall, Jennifer L. Ames, Michelle Pearl, Michela Traglia, Lauren A. Weiss, Gayle C. Windham, Martin Kharrazi, Cathleen K. Yoshida, Robert Yolken, Heather E. Volk, Paul Ashwood, Judy Van de Water and Lisa A. Croen

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:24

    Content type: Review

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  5. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are synaptopathies characterized by area-specific synaptic alterations and neuroinflammation. Structural and adhesive features of hippocampal synapses have been described in the...

    Authors: Marianela Evelyn Traetta, Martín Gabriel Codagnone, Nonthué Alejandra Uccelli, Alberto Javier Ramos, Sandra Zárate and Analía Reinés

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:23

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  6. The social domain of autism has been studied in depth, but the relationship between the non-social traits of autism has received less attention. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5...

    Authors: Rachel Grove, Sander Begeer, Anke M. Scheeren, Ricarda F. Weiland and Rosa A. Hoekstra

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:22

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  8. Alexithymia, a personality trait characterized by difficulties interpreting one’s own emotional states, is commonly elevated in autistic adults, and a growing body of literature suggests that this trait underl...

    Authors: Zachary J. Williams and Katherine O. Gotham

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:20

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  9. Marked sex differences in autism prevalence accentuate the need to understand the role of biological sex-related factors in autism. Efforts to unravel sex differences in the brain organization of autism have, ...

    Authors: Dorothea L. Floris, José O. A. Filho, Meng-Chuan Lai, Steve Giavasis, Marianne Oldehinkel, Maarten Mennes, Tony Charman, Julian Tillmann, Guillaume Dumas, Christine Ecker, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Tobias Banaschewski, Carolin Moessnang, Simon Baron-Cohen, Sarah Durston, Eva Loth…

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:19

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  10. Sleep disorders are common in people with intellectual disability (ID) and autism, with growing evidence of diverse sleep profiles across ID associated genetic syndromes. Documenting the prevalence and profile...

    Authors: Georgie Agar, Chloe Brown, Daniel Sutherland, Sean Coulborn, Chris Oliver and Caroline Richards

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:18

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  12. CHD8 haploinsufficiency causes autism and macrocephaly with high penetrance in the human population. Chd8 heterozygous mice exhibit relatively subtle brain overgrowth and little gene expression changes in the emb...

    Authors: Shaun Hurley, Conor Mohan, Philipp Suetterlin, Robert Ellingford, Kimberley L. H. Riegman, Jacob Ellegood, Angela Caruso, Caterina Michetti, Olivier Brock, Romy Evans, Fabrizio Rudari, Alessio Delogu, Maria Luisa Scattoni, Jason P. Lerch, Cathy Fernandes and M. Albert Basson

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:16

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  13. 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...

    Authors: Yasuhiko Kato, Hitoshi Kuwabara, Takashi Okada, Toshio Munesue, Seico Benner, Miho Kuroda, Masaki Kojima, Walid Yassin, Yosuke Eriguchi, Yosuke Kameno, Chihiro Murayama, Tomoko Nishimura, Kenji Tsuchiya, Kiyoto Kasai, Norio Ozaki, Hirotaka Kosaka…

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:15

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  14. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with deficits in executive functioning (EF), and these have been suggested to contribute to core as well as co-occurring psychiatric symptoms. The biological basis ...

    Authors: Robert H. Wichers, James L. Findon, Auke Jelsma, Vincent Giampietro, Vladimira Stoencheva, Dene M. Robertson, Clodagh M. Murphy, Sarah Blainey, Grainne McAlonan, Christine Ecker, Katya Rubia, Declan G. M. Murphy and Eileen M. Daly

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:14

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  15. There is inconsistent evidence for a clear pattern of association between ‘camouflaging’ (strategies used to mask and/or compensate for autism characteristics during social interactions) and mental health.

    Authors: Laura Hull, Lily Levy, Meng-Chuan Lai, K. V. Petrides, Simon Baron-Cohen, Carrie Allison, Paula Smith and Will Mandy

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:13

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  16. 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 ...

    Authors: Chloe X. Yap, Gail A. Alvares, Anjali K. Henders, Tian Lin, Leanne Wallace, Alaina Farrelly, Tiana McLaren, Jolene Berry, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Maciej Trzaskowski, Jian Zeng, Yuanhao Yang, Dominique Cleary, Rachel Grove, Claire Hafekost, Alexis Harun…

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:12

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  17. There is a strong research imperative to investigate effective treatment options for adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Elevated social anxiety, difficulties with social functioning an...

    Authors: Emily R. Bemmer, Kelsie A. Boulton, Emma E. Thomas, Ben Larke, Suncica Lah, Ian B. Hickie and Adam J. Guastella

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:11

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  18. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) comprises a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired social interactions as well as the presentation of restrictive and repetitive behaviors. ASD is highly...

    Authors: Greta Pintacuda, Jacqueline M. Martín and Kevin C. Eggan

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:10

    Content type: Review

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  20. Sensory processing atypicalities are frequent in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Different domains of sensory processing appear to be differentially altered in these diso...

    Authors: Joana Maria Almeida Osório, Borja Rodríguez-Herreros, David Romascano, Vincent Junod, Aline Habegger, Aurélie Pain, Sonia Richetin, Paola Yu, Bertrand Isidor, Lionel Van Maldergem, Linda Pons, Sabine Manificat, Nadia Chabane, Marine Jequier Gygax and Anne Manuela Maillard

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:8

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  21. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Lucia Janickova, Karin Farah Rechberger, Lucas Wey and Beat Schwaller

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:7

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Molecular Autism 2020 11:47

  22. Endocannabinoid dysfunction in animal models of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and accumulating, albeit anecdotal, evidence for efficacy in humans motivated this placebo-controlled double-blind comparison of t...

    Authors: Adi Aran, Moria Harel, Hanoch Cassuto, Lola Polyansky, Aviad Schnapp, Nadia Wattad, Dorit Shmueli, Daphna Golan and F. Xavier Castellanos

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:6

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  23. PTEN is a well-established risk gene for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Yet, little is known about how PTEN mutations and associated molecular processes influence neurobehavioral function in mutation carriers wi...

    Authors: Thomas W. Frazier, Ritika Jaini, Robyn M. Busch, Matthew Wolf, Tammy Sadler, Patricia Klaas, Antonio Y. Hardan, Julian A. Martinez-Agosto, Mustafa Sahin and Charis Eng

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:5

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  24. The inability to observe relevant biological processes in vivo significantly restricts human neurodevelopmental research. Advances in appropriate in vitro model systems, including patient-specific human brain ...

    Authors: Dwaipayan Adhya, George Chennell, James A. Crowe, Eva P. Valencia-Alarcón, James Seyforth, Neveen A. Hosny, Marina V. Yasvoina, Robert Forster, Simon Baron-Cohen, Anthony C. Vernon and Deepak P. Srivastava

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:4

    Content type: Methodology

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  25. Autism is characterised not only by impaired social cognitive ‘empathising’ but also by superior rule-based ‘systemising’. These cognitive domains intertwine within the categorical diagnosis of autism, yet beh...

    Authors: Subhadip Paul, Aditi Arora, Rashi Midha, Dinh Vu, Prasun K. Roy and Matthew K. Belmonte

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:3

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  26. Contrasting findings were reported in several animal models with a Shank3 mutation used to induce various autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms. Here, we aimed at investigating behavioral, cellular, and molecul...

    Authors: Emmanuel Matas, Alexandre Maisterrena, Mathieu Thabault, Eric Balado, Maureen Francheteau, Anais Balbous, Laurie Galvan and Mohamed Jaber

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:2

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  27. Gene copy number variants play an important role in the occurrence of neurodevelopmental disorders. Particularly, the deletion of the 16p11.2 locus is associated with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual dis...

    Authors: Sandra Martin Lorenzo, Valérie Nalesso, Claire Chevalier, Marie-Christine Birling and Yann Herault

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2021 12:1

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  28. Deficits in perception and production of vocal pitch are often observed in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the neural basis of these deficits is unknown. In magnetoencephalogram (MEG), spectral...

    Authors: T. A. Stroganova, K. S. Komarov, O. V. Sysoeva, D. E. Goiaeva, T. S. Obukhova, T. M. Ovsiannikova, A. O. Prokofyev and E. V. Orekhova

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:100

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  29. The controlled differentiation of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into neurons and glia offers a unique opportunity to study early stages of human central nervous system development under controlled conditions i...

    Authors: Arquimedes Cheffer, Lea Jessica Flitsch, Tamara Krutenko, Pascal Röderer, Liubov Sokhranyaeva, Vira Iefremova, Mohamad Hajo, Michael Peitz, Martin Karl Schwarz and Oliver Brüstle

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:99

    Content type: Review

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  30. The relationships between specific genetic aetiology and phenotype in neurodevelopmental disorders are complex and hotly contested. Genes associated with intellectual disability (ID) can be grouped into networ...

    Authors: Diandra Brkić, Elise Ng-Cordell, Sinéad O’Brien, Gaia Scerif, Duncan Astle and Kate Baker

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:98

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  31. Children born extremely preterm are at heightened risk for intellectual and social impairment, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There is increasing evidence for a key role of the placenta in prenatal ...

    Authors: Hudson P. Santos Jr, Arjun Bhattacharya, Robert M. Joseph, Lisa Smeester, Karl C. K. Kuban, Carmen J. Marsit, T. Michael O’Shea and Rebecca C. Fry

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:97

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  32. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of neurodevelopmental disorders which are more common in males. The ‘prenatal sex steroid’ hypothesis links excessive sex-steroid exposure during foetal life with the ...

    Authors: Asad Amanat Ali, Xiaoying Cui, Renata Aparecida Nedel Pertile, Xiang Li, Gregory Medley, Suzanne Adele Alexander, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, John Joseph McGrath and Darryl Walter Eyles

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:96

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  34. Scanning faces is important for social interactions. Difficulty with the social use of eye contact constitutes one of the clinical symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It has been suggested that individ...

    Authors: Sofie Vettori, Stephanie Van der Donck, Jannes Nys, Pieter Moors, Tim Van Wesemael, Jean Steyaert, Bruno Rossion, Milena Dzhelyova and Bart Boets

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:94

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  35. Prenatal exposure to increased androgens has been suggested as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This hypothesis has been examined by measurement of steroids in amniotic fluid, cord blood, sali...

    Authors: Dina Terloyeva, Alexander J. Frey, Bo Y. Park, Elizabeth M. Kauffman, Leny Mathew, Anna Bostwick, Erika L. Varner, Brian K. Lee, Lisa A. Croen, Margaret D. Fallin, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Craig J. Newschaffer, Kristen Lyall and Nathaniel W. Snyder

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:93

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  36. The regulation of protein synthesis is a critical step in gene expression, and its dysfunction is implicated in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The eIF4E homologous protein (4EHP, also termed eIF4E2) binds to ...

    Authors: Shane Wiebe, Xiang Qi Meng, Sung-Hoon Kim, Xu Zhang, Jean-Claude Lacaille, Argel Aguilar-Valles and Nahum Sonenberg

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:92

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  37. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental condition affecting almost 1% of children, and represents a major unmet medical need with no effective drug treatment available. Duplicat...

    Authors: Francesca Cavallo, Flavia Troglio, Giovanni Fagà, Daniele Fancelli, Reinald Shyti, Sebastiano Trattaro, Matteo Zanella, Giuseppe D’Agostino, James M. Hughes, Maria Rosaria Cera, Maurizio Pasi, Michele Gabriele, Maddalena Lazzarin, Marija Mihailovich, Frank Kooy, Alessandro Rosa…

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:88

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  38. With the overarching objective to gain better insights into social attention in autistic adults, the present study addresses three outstanding issues about face processing in autism. First, do autistic adults ...

    Authors: Elise Clin, Pauline Maes, Fanny Stercq and Mikhail Kissine

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:91

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  39. The heterogeneity inherent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) presents a substantial challenge to diagnosis and precision treatment. Heterogeneity across biological etiologies, genetics, neural systems, neuroco...

    Authors: Shile Qi, Robin Morris, Jessica A. Turner, Zening Fu, Rongtao Jiang, Thomas P. Deramus, Dongmei Zhi, Vince D. Calhoun and Jing Sui

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:90

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  40. Deletion or mutations of SHANK3 lead to Phelan–McDermid syndrome and monogenic forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). SHANK3 encodes its eponymous scaffolding protein at excitatory glutamatergic synapses. Alter...

    Authors: Sarah Jacot-Descombes, Neha U. Keshav, Dara L. Dickstein, Bridget Wicinski, William G. M. Janssen, Liam L. Hiester, Edward K. Sarfo, Tahia Warda, Matthew M. Fam, Hala Harony-Nicolas, Joseph D. Buxbaum, Patrick R. Hof and Merina Varghese

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:89

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  41. Recent progress in genomics has contributed to the identification of a large number of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk genes, many of which encode synaptic proteins. Our understanding of ASDs has advanced ...

    Authors: Kyung Ah Han, Taek Han Yoon, Jungsu Shin, Ji Won Um and Jaewon Ko

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:87

    Content type: Short report

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  42. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) studies in autism spectrum disorder (autism) have yielded diverging results. This might partly be attributed to structural alterations being associating with the combined influenc...

    Authors: Ting Mei, Alberto Llera, Dorothea L. Floris, Natalie J. Forde, Julian Tillmann, Sarah Durston, Carolin Moessnang, Tobias Banaschewski, Rosemary J. Holt, Simon Baron-Cohen, Annika Rausch, Eva Loth, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Tony Charman, Declan G. M. Murphy, Christine Ecker…

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:86

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  43. Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be caused by alterations in genes encoding proteins that are involved in synapse formation and function. This includes scaffold proteins ...

    Authors: Fatemeh Hassani Nia, Daniel Woike, Victoria Martens, Malte Klüssendorf, Hans-Hinrich Hönck, Sönke Harder and Hans-Jürgen Kreienkamp

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:85

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  44. There is a growing recognition of sex and gender influences in autism. Increasingly, studies include comparisons between sexes or genders, but few have focused on clarifying the characteristics of autistic gir...

    Authors: Caroline Kassee, Stephanie Babinski, Ami Tint, Yona Lunsky, Hilary K. Brown, Stephanie H. Ameis, Peter Szatmari, Meng-Chuan Lai and Gillian Einstein

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:84

    Content type: Review

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  45. Face individual identity recognition skill is heritable and independent of intellectual ability. Difficulties in face individual identity recognition are present in autistic individuals and their family member...

    Authors: Ilaria Minio-Paluello, Giuseppina Porciello, Alvaro Pascual-Leone and Simon Baron-Cohen

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:81

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  46. The human orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is involved in assessing the emotional significance of events and stimuli, emotion-based learning, allocation of attentional resources, and social cognition. Little is know...

    Authors: Xuefeng Liu, Julied Bautista, Edward Liu and Basilis Zikopoulos

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:83

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  47. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by high population-level heritability and a three-to-one male-to-female ratio that occurs independent of sex linkage. Prior research in a mixed-sex pediatric sam...

    Authors: Adam T. Eggebrecht, Ally Dworetsky, Zoë Hawks, Rebecca Coalson, Babatunde Adeyemo, Savannah Davis, Daniel Gray, Alana McMichael, Steven E. Petersen, John N. Constantino and John R. Pruett Jr

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:82

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  48. Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic multisystemic disorder resulting from autosomal dominant mutations in the TSC1 or TSC2 genes. It is characterised by hyperactivation of the mechanistic target of...

    Authors: Mouhamed Alsaqati, Vivi M. Heine and Adrian J. Harwood

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:80

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  49. Diminished visual monitoring of faces and activities of others is an early feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is uncertain whether deficits in activity monitoring, identified using a homogeneous set...

    Authors: Dzmitry A. Kaliukhovich, Nikolay V. Manyakov, Abigail Bangerter, Seth Ness, Andrew Skalkin, Matthew S. Goodwin, Geraldine Dawson, Robert L. Hendren, Bennett Leventhal, Caitlin M. Hudac, Jessica Bradshaw, Frederick Shic and Gahan Pandina

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:79

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  50. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have high rates of co-occurrence and share atypical behavioral characteristics, including sensory symptoms. The present diffus...

    Authors: Haruhisa Ohta, Yuta Y. Aoki, Takashi Itahashi, Chieko Kanai, Junya Fujino, Motoaki Nakamura, Nobumasa Kato and Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto

    Citation: Molecular Autism 2020 11:77

    Content type: Research

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