Michele Roccella

TL;DR: Sleep in children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is evaluated by means of sleep questionnaires and polysomnography and cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) measures showed subtle alterations of NREM sleep which could be detected with an appropriate methodology of analysis.

TL;DR: No significant correlation between parenting distress and the risk of postpartum depression emerged, both in mothers than in fathers group while maternal distress levels are related to paternal one.

TL;DR: This review delineates the state-of-the-art main research findings about the neurochemical alterations in autism etiology, and focuses on gamma aminobutyric acid and glutamate, serotonin, dopamine, N-acetyl aspartate, oxytocin and arginine-vasopressin, melatonin, vitamin D, orexin, endogenous opioids, and acetylcholine.

TL;DR: The data confirm the significant presence of sleep/wake rhythms fragmentation, peculiar of AS, and also demonstrate the presence of several other types of sleep disturbances in this syndrome.

TL;DR: The findings highlighted the importance of assessing the presence of internalizing problems, such as anxiety and depression, in the common management of childhood obesity.