The neurobiology of autism

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Bauman, Margaret L., Kemper, Thomas L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
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.