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Remembering the life of neuropharmacologist Floyd Bloom

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By Sydney Wyatt, Emily Willingham, Anne West, Angie Voyles Askham Verified
| The Transmitter Verified
When Floyd Bloom was in high school in the early 1950s, he took an aptitude test, and the results suggested he would excel at jobs in communication, such as journalism or advertising. But that was not what his family envisioned for him. His father, who had wanted to be a doctor himself and who revered the profession, pushed for medical school.
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Aggression; Angelman syndrome; NLGN3

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By Jill Adams, Holly Barker, Emily Willingham, Paul Middlebrooks
| Spectrum Verified
Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 7 October. Contributing writer Share this article: Tags: Spectrum, Autism, Science and society, Spotted Aggression, often seen in people with autism and developmental conditions, appears to peak in school-age children and is more likely to occur in those with more autism traits and lower verbal and nonverbal IQ scores, according to a longitudinal study.
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Untangling biological threads from autism’s phenotypic patchwork reveals four core subtypes Original

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By Holly Barker, Jill Adams, Emily Willingham, Matthew G. Perich
| Spectrum Verified
Despite the huge variation in how autistic people experience the condition, they can be divided into just four subgroups, according to a preprint. The people in these groups—who share similar traits and life outcomes—carry gene variants that implicate distinct biological pathways, the researchers found. Each group is associated with specific genetic variants that influence gene expression at different stages of development, the investigation revealed.
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