The neurobiology of autism
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
Publication Dates: | 2006, c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xiii, 404 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0801880467 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801880469 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801880475 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801880476 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R749 |
CLC: | R749.402 |
Call Number: | R749.402/N494/2nd.ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. |