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Autism and schizophrenia are frequently studied together as neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions that share common risk factors, including genetic associations with DMN genes [1], immune system disturbances [2], and maternal immune activation during pregnancy [3]. Furthermore, both conditions are characterized by alterations in attention [4], show higher prevalence rates in males [5], and are categorized as mental health disorders affecting cognition and behavior [6].
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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Inflammation medschool.vanderbilt.edu 2 facts
claimKaroly Mirnics and his colleagues were the first to describe immune disturbances in the brains of people with schizophrenia and autism using postmortem studies.
claimAnimal and human studies suggest that maternal immune activation in response to infection during pregnancy can alter fetal brain development, which increases the risk for schizophrenia and autism in the offspring.
Attention - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science - MIT oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimDisorders such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, and various substance addictions are associated with changes in attention.
Psychosocial Pathways - CDC cdc.gov 1 fact
claimMental health is defined as emotional, psychological, and social well-being, while mental health disorders are defined as conditions affecting cognition, emotion, and behavior, such as schizophrenia, depression, and autism.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimTrofimova observed that males exhibit higher rates of psychopathy, dyslexia, autism, and schizophrenia compared to females.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimHuman-accelerated genes (HAR genes) and Default Mode Network (DMN) genes show significant associations with individual variations in DMN functional activity, intelligence, social behavior, and mental conditions such as schizophrenia and autism, according to Wei et al. (2019).