Recent evidences provide a better understand of some of the neurotransmitter mechanisms that regulate social behaviour. The same findings reveal important links with the molecular bases of autism spectrum disorders.
In 2009, it was discovered that a substance of bacterial origin can significantly lengthen the duration of life of some mammals. also the reduction of the food intake seems to delay the aging acting on the same gene. An increasing number of research is indicating that TOR has a key role in some of the principle regulatory mechanisms of cell physiology and systems with which they communicate: nervous, endocrine, and immune.
Recently, Dr. Tsiouris and his team of New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities have investigated the complex relationship between psychiatric disorders and aggression in people with intellectual disability.
Many studies indicate a high prevalence of psychiatric disorders in adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). More uncertain is the data with respect to children. A recent irish research found a particularly high rate of anxiety disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).