Image via WikipediaI have blogged extensively about the Autism and Schizophrenia as opposites on a continuum theory. I remember first putting this theory in words in an article 3 yrs back on the mouse trap titled Autism and Schizophrenia: the two cultures. That 2006 article, in turn, was inspired by Daniel Nettle’s 2005 article in [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Related posts:CNVs and Aut
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The epigenetics of Autism: Oxytocin factor and implications for schizophrenia
Image via WikipediaAutism is a hard disorder to nail down genetically- single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or even multiple locus genetic effects are not able to account for the large genetic component to the disorder. In recent times, Copy number variations (CNVs) has come to the forefront of Autism research , suggesting that microdeletions, duplications etc [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Autism, Schizophrenia and CNV in 16p11.2
Image via WikipediaThere is a letter published in the advance online edition of Nature Genetics, that reports that microduplication of genes in the region 16p11.2 are associated with the risk of schizophrenia in a large cohort. It has been earlier shown that microdeletions in the same region confer the risk of Autism.Thus, it seems [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)Related posts:CNVs and Autism/
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