• AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders 

      Salpietro V., Dixon C.L., Guo H., Bello O.D., Vandrovcova J., Efthymiou S., Maroofian R., Heimer G., Burglen L., Valence S., Torti E., Hacke M., Rankin J., Tariq H., Colin E., Procaccio V., Striano P., Mankad K., Lieb A., Chen S., Pisani L., Bettencourt C., Männikkö R., Manole A., Brusco A., Grosso E., Ferrero G.B., Armstrong-Moron J., Gueden S., Bar-Yosef O., Tzadok M., Monaghan K.G., Santiago-Sim T., Person R.E., Cho M.T., Willaert R., Yoo Y., Chae J.-H., Quan Y., Wu H., Wang T., Bernier R.A., Xia K., Blesson A., Jain M., Motazacker M.M., Jaeger B., Schneider A.L., Boysen K., Muir A.M., Myers C.T., Gavrilova R.H., Gunderson L., Schultz-Rogers L., Klee E.W., Dyment D., Osmond M., Parellada M., Llorente C., Gonzalez-Peñas J., Carracedo A., Van Haeringen A., Ruivenkamp C., Nava C., Heron D., Nardello R., Iacomino M., Minetti C., Skabar A., Fabretto A., Hanna M.G., Bugiardini E., Hostettler I., O’Callaghan B., Khan A., Cortese A., O’Connor E., Yau W.Y., Bourinaris T., Kaiyrzhanov R., Chelban V., Madej M., Diana M.C., Vari M.S., Pedemonte M., Bruno C., Balagura G., Scala M., Fiorillo C., Nobili L., Malintan N.T., Zanetti M.N., Krishnakumar S.S., Lignani G., Jepson J.E.C., Broda P., Baldassari S., Rossi P., Fruscione F., Madia F., Traverso M., De-Marco P., Pérez-Dueñas B., Munell F., Kriouile Y., El-Khorassani M., Karashova B., Avdjieva D., Kathom H., Tincheva R., Van-Maldergem L., Nachbauer W., Boesch S., Gagliano A., Amadori E., Goraya J.S., Sultan T., Kirmani S., Ibrahim S., Jan F., Mine J., Banu S., Veggiotti P., Zuccotti G.V., Ferrari M.D., Van Den Maagdenberg A.M.J., Verrotti A., Marseglia G.L., Savasta S., Soler M.A., Scuderi C., Borgione E., Chimenz R., Gitto E., Dipasquale V., Sallemi A., Fusco M., Cuppari C., Cutrupi M.C., Ruggieri M., Cama A., Capra V., Mencacci N.E., Boles R., Gupta N., Kabra M., Papacostas S., Zamba-Papanicolaou E., Dardiotis E., Maqbool S., Rana N., Atawneh O., Lim S.Y., Shaikh F., Koutsis G., Breza M., Coviello D.A., Dauvilliers Y.A., AlKhawaja I., AlKhawaja M., Al-Mutairi F., Stojkovic T., Ferrucci V., Zollo M., Alkuraya F.S., Kinali M., Sherifa H., Benrhouma H., Turki I.B.Y., Tazir M., Obeid M., Bakhtadze S., Saadi N.W., Zaki M.S., Triki C.C., Benfenati F., Gustincich S., Kara M., Belcastro V., Specchio N., Capovilla G., Karimiani E.G., Salih A.M., Okubadejo N.U., Ojo O.O., Oshinaike O.O., Oguntunde O., Wahab K., Bello A.H., Abubakar S., Obiabo Y., Nwazor E., Ekenze O., Williams U., Iyagba A., Taiwo L., Komolafe M., Senkevich K., Shashkin C., Zharkynbekova N., Koneyev K., Manizha G., Isrofilov M., Guliyeva U., Salayev K., Khachatryan S., Rossi S., Silvestri G., Haridy N., Ramenghi L.A., Xiromerisiou G., David E., Aguennouz M., Fidani L., Spanaki C., Tucci A., Raspall-Chaure M., Chez M., Tsai A., Fassi E., Shinawi M., Constantino J.N., De Zorzi R., Fortuna S., Kok F., Keren B., Bonneau D., Choi M., Benzeev B., Zara F., Mefford H.C., Scheffer I.E., Clayton-Smith J., Macaya A., Rothman J.E., Eichler E.E., Kullmann D.M., Houlden H., SYNAPS Study Group (2019)
      AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ligand-gated channels made up of combinations of GluA1-4 subunits encoded by GRIA1-4 genes. GluA2 has an especially important role because, following post-transcriptional editing at ...
    • Association of assisted reproductive technology with autism spectrum disorder in the offspring: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Andreadou M.T., Katsaras G.N., Talimtzi P., Doxani C., Zintzaras E., Stefanidis I. (2021)
      This study aims to provide an up-to-date meta-analysis of data from studies investigating the risk of bearing a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) after being conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART). The ...
    • Autism or hautism? An etymological approach 

      Kassas P., Zarogiannis S., Gourgoulianis K., Andreou G. (2021)
      The word “autism” was first used at the beginning of the 20th century by the psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler. Autism was derived from the ancient Greek word «εαυτός» (meaning self ) and the suffix «-ισμος» (-ism). This short ...
    • Autism spectrum disorder, anxiety and severe depression in a male patient with deletion and duplication in the 21q22.3 region: A case report 

      Orru S., Papoulidis I., Siomou E., Papadimitriou D.T., Sotiriou S., Nikolaidis P., Eleftheriades M., Papanikolaou E., Thomaidis L., Manolakos E. (2019)
      In this report, a patient carrying a 650 kb deletion and a 759 kb duplication of chromosomal 21q22.3 region was described. Facial dysmorphic features, hypotonia, short stature, learning impairment, autism spectrum disorder, ...
    • Children with autism can express social emotions in their drawings 

      Kotroni P., Bonoti F., Mavropoulou S. (2019)
      Objectives: The study aimed to examine the ability of children with an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) to depict social (pride and shame) vs. basic (happiness and sadness) emotions in their human figure drawings. Methods: ...
    • The cognitive benefits of bilingualism in autism spectrum disorder: Is theory of mind boosted and by which underlying factors? 

      Peristeri E., Baldimtsi E., Vogelzang M., Tsimpli I.M., Durrleman S. (2021)
      This study examined whether bilingualism boosts Theory of Mind as measured by a non-verbal false belief (FB) task in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and how this potential boost may stem from improvements in ...
    • Communication and Language Development of Young Children With Autism: A Review of Research in Music 

      Vaiouli P., Andreou G. (2018)
      Research demonstrates connections among children’s music actions, their engagement abilities, and their language development. Although the link between music and the engagement abilities of young children with autism is ...
    • Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the greek sensory profile (Sp-Gr) caregiver questionnaire 

      Katsiana A., Strimpakos Ν., Kapreli E., Kolokotroni O., Kokkaris P., Alexandrou Ε. (2020)
      OBJECTIVE Cross-cultural adaptation and assessment of the psychometric properties of the Sensory Profile (SP) caregiver questionnaire in the Greek language (SP-Gr). METHOD The SP caregiver questionnaire was translated, ...
    • Developing pilot befriending schemes for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a region of Greece: Lessons from practice 

      Mavropoulou, S. (2007)
      Befriending represents an expanding resource for the social support of vulnerable people in the community. This article discusses the development of two pilot befriending schemes for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders ...
    • Identification of Chromosomal Regions Linked to Autism-Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Linkage Scans 

      Mpoulimari I., Zintzaras E. (2022)
      Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders with a strong hereditary component. Although, genome-wide linkage scans (GWLS) and ...
    • The impact of bilingualism on the narrative ability and the executive functions of children with autism spectrum disorders 

      Peristeri E., Baldimtsi E., Andreou M., Tsimpli I.M. (2020)
      While there is ample evidence that monolingual children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) face difficulties with narrative story-telling and executive functions (EF), there is considerable uncertainty about how bilingualism ...
    • The role of MiRNA-21 in gliomas: Hope for a novel therapeutic intervention? 

      Aloizou A.-M., Pateraki G., Siokas V., Mentis A.-F.A., Liampas I., Lazopoulos G., Kovatsi L., Mitsias P.D., Bogdanos D.P., Paterakis K., Dardiotis E. (2020)
      Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in adults. They are generally very resistant to treatment and are therefore associated with negative outcomes. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that ...
    • Screening for TSC1 and TSC2 mutations using NGS in Greek children with tuberous sclerosis syndrome 

      Papadopoulou A., Dinopoulos A., Koutsodontis G., Pons R., Vorgia P., Koute V., Vratimos A., Zafeiriou D. (2018)
      Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome inherited by an autosomal dominant manner. The disorder is commonly manifested by the presence of multiple benign tumors located in numerous tissues, ...
    • SLC2A3 rs12842 polymorphism and risk for Alzheimer’s disease 

      Arseniou S., Siokas V., Aloizou A.-M., Stamati P., Mentis A.-F.A., Tsouris Z., Dastamani M., Peristeri E., Valotassiou V., Bogdanos D.P., Hadjigeorgiou G.M., Dardiotis E. (2020)
      Background: Many studies support the hypothesis that brain glucose dysregulation contributes to neurodegeneration and disease progression. The SLC2A3 gene encodes the Neuronal Glucose Transporter 3 (GLUT3), a critical ...
    • Synthesis of genetic association studies on autism spectrum disorders using a genetic model-free approach 

      Mpoulimari I., Zintzaras E. (2022)
      BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite the extensive efforts of scientists, the etiology of ASD is far from completely ...