The Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group (KPEARG) has a new website, which features news and links to information about the study of autism spectrum disorders. KPEARG promotes a multidisciplinary approach understand the workings of the brain areas responsible for the symptoms of autism.
Recent open access papers by Dr. MacFabe on the microbiome and its relationship to autism: see links:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26031685
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25956238
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25956238
Dr. Derrick McFabe writes about the connection between ASD (autism spectrum disorder) and metabolism, mitochondria and the microbiome. An article in English, Chinese, and Spanish.
See link…http://www.psychology.uwo.ca/pdfs/autism/GAHMJ-Nov2013-MacFabe.pdf
Dr. Derrick MacFabe from the University of Western Ontario and colleagues in Little Rock, Arkansas have released a study that could potentially lead to a blood test “to identify and screen ASD patients, or even those at risk of developing ASD before symptoms manifest”.
The Toronto Star reported on this on Jan. 28, 2013 – see:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/01/28/autism_linked_to_gut_bacteria_study_finds.html
A review of the study and the original study itself can be seen at:
http://www.microbecolhealthdis.net/index.php/mehd/article/view/19260
http://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v3/n1/abs/tp2012143a.html
To buy a DVD of the French language version, AUTISME, LA CLÉ DU MYSTÈRE, visit the French Connection Films website: http://www.frenchcx.com/fr/boutique/autisme-la-cle-du-mystere/