The neurobiology of autism /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2005.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders / Eric Fombonne
- Size of the head and brain in autism : clue to underlying biological mechanisms? / Karin B. Nelson and Philip G. Nelson
- The autistic mind / Susan E. Bryson
- Language and communication disorders in autism spectrum disorders / Helen Tager-Flusberg
- Memory and executive functions in autism / Ronald J. Killiany ... [et al.]
- The vagus : a mediator of behavioral and physiologic features associated with autism / Stephen W. Porges
- Approaches to psychopharmacology / Ronald J. Steingard, Daniel F. Connor, and Trang Au
- Gastrointestinal issues encountered in autism / Timothy M. Buie
- Structural brain anatomy in autism : what is the evidence? / Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper
- The brainstem in autism / Patricia M. Rodier and Tara L. Arndt
- Myelin and autism / Omanand Koul
- Positron emission tomography studies of autism / Diane C. Chugani
- The orbitofrontal-amygdala system in nonhuman primates : function, development, and early insult / Jocelyne Bachevalier
- An animal model of virus-induced autism : Borna disease virus infection of the neonatal rat / Mikhail V. Pletnikov and Kathryn M. Carbone.
- Gene expression in autism / Jonathan Pevsner
- Candidate susceptibility genes for autism / Irina N. Bespalova, Jennifer Reichert, and Joseph D. Buxbaum
- Chromosome 15 and autism / Edwin H. Cook, Jr
- Chromosome 7 / Beth Rosen-Sheidley and Susan E. Folstein
- Fragile X syndrome / Randi Jenssen Hagerman
- Autism and tuberous sclerosis complex / Susan L. Smalley and Elizabeth Petri Henske
- The roles of dopamine and norepinephrine in autism : from behavior and pharmacotherapy to genetics / Jeanette J.A. Holden and Xudong Liu
- Serotonin in autism / George M. Anderson
- The GABAergic system in autism / Gene J. Blatt
- The cholinergic system in autism / Elaine Perry and Mandy Lee
- The role of reelin in autism / S. Hossein Fatemi
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and dopamine in autism / Gary L. Wenk
- The immune system / Andrew W. Zimmerman.