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The impact of COVID-19 measures on parent-reported restricted and repetitive behaviours in pre-school children with autism

Heliyon, 2022
Background: COVID-19 restrictive measures have had a considerable impact on daily life routines, which may be especially challenging for families of children with autism.
Sofie Boterberg, Arianna Zanatta, Floor Moerman, Sarah Schaubroeck, Jasmine Siew, Maarten De Schryver, Herbert Roeyers   +6 more
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Autism Spectrum Disorder among Children Attending a Tertiary Care Centre in Tripura, India: A Cross-sectional Observational Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by impaired social communication, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviours. Data from low- and middle-income countries, particularly from North East India,
Chandana Sundaresh, Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti, Sribas Das, Anita Deb   +3 more
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No effect of repetitive tDCS on daily smoking behaviour in light smokers: A placebo controlled EMA study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
INTRODUCTION:The effectiveness of repetitive transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on reducing smoking behaviour has been studied with mixed results.
Ilse Verveer, Danielle Remmerswaal, Joran Jongerling, Frederik M van der Veen, Ingmar H A Franken   +4 more
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Neurobehavioural Correlates of Abnormal Repetitive Behaviour

Behavioural Neurology, 1991
Conditions in which echolalia and echopraxia occur are reviewed, followed by an attempt to elicit possible mechanisms of these phenomena. A brief description of stereotypical and perseverative behaviour and obsessional phenomena is given. It is suggested
R. A. Ford
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The behavioural phenotype of Potocki-Lupski syndrome: a cross-syndrome comparison

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2018
Background Potocki-Lupski syndrome (PTLS) and Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) are related genomic disorders, as duplication 17p11.2 (associated with PTLS) is the reciprocal recombination product of the SMS microdeletion.
Stacey Bissell, Lucy Wilde, Caroline Richards, Jo Moss, Chris Oliver   +4 more
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Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) Welfare: Associations Between Husbandry Practices, Human–Animal Interactions, and Animal Behaviour

Animals
Research on the welfare of pet guinea pigs and connections between their behaviour and husbandry practices is scarce. Through an online survey among 1181 German-speaking guinea pig caretakers, we investigated husbandry practices (including social ...
Tanja Elsbacher, Andrea Sommese, Susanne Waiblinger, Frank Künzel, Christine Arhant, Ines Windschnurer   +5 more
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Glutamate spillover in C. elegans triggers repetitive behavior through presynaptic activation of MGL-2/mGluR5

Nature Communications, 2019
Katz and colleagues examine glutamate spillover effects on C. elegans behaviour. They show that impaired synaptic glutamate clearance in glial glutamate transporter mutants, causes presynaptic mgl-2/mGluR5 activation, generating postsynaptic neural ...
Menachem Katz, Francis Corson, Wolfgang Keil, Anupriya Singhal, Andrea Bae, Yun Lu, Yupu Liang, Shai Shaham   +7 more
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The behavioural phenotype of SATB2-associated syndrome: a within-group and cross-syndrome analysis

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2022
Background SATB2-associated syndrome (SAS) is a multisystem neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by intellectual disability, speech delay, and craniofacial anomalies.
Stacey Bissell, Chris Oliver, Joanna Moss, Mary Heald, Jane Waite, Hayley Crawford, Vishakha Kothari, Lauren Rumbellow, Grace Walters, Caroline Richards   +9 more
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Self-Injurious Behaviour in SCA17: A New Clinical Observation

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019
Background: Self-injurious behaviour has historically been associated with borderline personality disorder. Nevertheless, over recent years, it has been reported in numerous neurological syndromes, especially hyperkinesias.
Roberta Bonomo, Anna Latorre, Kailash P Bhatia   +2 more
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A limbic circuitry involved in emotional stress-induced grooming

Nature Communications, 2020
Self-grooming is a frequently observed repetitive behaviour in rodents that is believed to contribute to post-stress de-arousal. The authors identified a previously unknown limbic circuit that includes the ventral lateral septum in rats and is involved ...
Ming-Dao Mu, Hong-Yan Geng, Kang-Lin Rong, Rong-Chao Peng, Shu-Ting Wang, Lin-Ting Geng, Zhong-Ming Qian, Wing-Ho Yung, Ya Ke   +8 more
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