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24 May 2017: The agreement that led to the creation of the CUHK Autism Research Fellowship was signed by the Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge and CUHK, in February 2015. ... The team in Cambridge and CUHK will deepen our understanding of the causes of

10 Feb 2011: The study has important implications for the androgen theory of autism (testosterone is an androgen) and confirms earlier rodent research that shows that testosterone organizes very early brain development in a ... Finally, given that people with autism

10 Jan 2011: The research team is collaborating closely with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen's team in the University's Autism Research Centre. ... The key to scientific research is to avoid preconceptions and to expect surprises.

29 Sep 2023: Dr Elizabeth Weir, a Research Associate at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, who led the team, said: “This study emphasizes the increased health vulnerability of autistic people both in the ... Funding for this project was provided by the Autism

20 Nov 2013: Genes play a substantial role in autism and scientists have begun to pinpoint some of the individual genes involved. ... In both autism and synaesthesia apoptosis may not occur at the same rate, so that these connections are retained beyond infancy.”.

26 Feb 2018: This takes us one step closer to understanding why the brains of people with and without autism may differ from one another. ... Synaptic and transcriptionally downregulated genes are associated with cortical thickness differences in autism.

12 Mar 2018: Translational Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-017-0082-6. Varun Warrier is a PhD student at the Autism Research Centre, where he studies the genetics of autism and related traits. ... Warrier hopes his research will lead to a better understanding of the

12 Apr 2019: The amygdala is well known for its diverse roles in social behaviour and has been implicated in autism. ... We know very little about how specific neuron types contribute to social cognition and to the social challenges faced by individuals with autism.

18 Mar 2011: everyone. In fact, one characteristic of autism spectrum conditions is a profound difficulty in interpreting the feelings and emotions of others from non-verbal cues such as facial expressions. ... This library was part of a computer-based guide to help

13 Jan 2009: High levels of foetal testosterone were found to be associated with high scores on two separate measures of autistic traits (the Child Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ-Child) and the Childhood Autistic ... Reports also linked this research with prenatal