Autism:current theories and evidence
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Humana Press,
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Publisher Address: | Totowa, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Current clinical neurology |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0 |
Carrier Form: | xix, 474 p., [6] p. of plates: ill. |
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9781603274890 (electronic bk.) 1603274898 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | R749 |
CLC: | R749.8 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I: Molecular and clinical genetics -- ENGRAILED2 and cerebellar development in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders / Ian T. Rossman and Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom -- Teratogenic alleles in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders / William G. Johnson, Madhura Sreenath, Steven Buyske and Edward S. Stenroos -- Cholesterol deficit in autism: insights from Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome / Alka Aneja and Elaine Tierney -- Autism in genetic intellectual disability: insights into idiopathic autism / Walter E. Kaufmann, George T. Capone, Megan Clarke and Dejan B. Budimirovic -- Part II: Neurotransmitters and cell signaling -- Serotonin dysfunction in autism / Mary E. Blue, Michael V. Johnston, Carolyn B. Moloney and Christine F. Hohmann -- Excitotoxicity in autism: the role of glutamate in pathogenesis and treatment / Martin Evers and Eric Hollander -- Prenatal [beta]₂-adrenergic receptor signaling and autism: dysmaturation and retained fetal function / Susan L. Connors -- Part III: Endocrinology, growth, and metabolism -- A role for fetal testosterone in human sex differences: implications for understanding autism / Bonnie Auyeung and Simon Baron-Cohen -- Interaction between genetic vulnerability and neurosteroids in purkinje cells as a possible neurobiological mechanism in autism spectrum disorders / Flavio Keller, Roger Panteri and Filippo Biamonte -- Insulin-like growth factors: neurobiological regulators of brain growth in autism? / Raili Riikonen -- Oxidative stress and the metabolic pathology of autism / S. Jill James -- Part IV: Immunology, maternal-fetal interaction, and neuroinflammation -- The immune system in autism: is there a connection? / Luke Heuer, Paul Ashwood and Judy Van de Water -- Maternal immune activation, cytokines and autism / Paul H. Patterson, Wensi Xu, Stephen E.P. Smith and Benjamin E. Devarman -- Maternal antibodies and the placental-fetal IgG transfer theory / Christina M. Morris, Mikhail Pletnikov, Andrew W. Zimmerman and Harvey S. Singer -- Can neuroinflammation influence the development of autism spectrum disorders? / Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar -- Part V: Neuroanatomy and neural networks -- The significance of minicolumnar size variability in autism: a perspective from comparative anatomy / Manuel F. Casanova -- Imaging evidence for pathological brain development in autism spectrum disorders / Stephen R. Dager, Seth D. Friedman, Helen Petropoulos and Dennis W.W. Shaw -- Information processing, neural connectivity, and neuronal organization / Nancy J. Minshew, Diane L. Williams and Kathryn McFadden -- Part VI: Environmental mechanisms and models -- Evidence for environmental susceptibility in autism: what we need to know about gene x environment interactions / Isaac N. Pessah and Pamela J. Lein -- An expanding spectrum of autism models: from fixed developmental defects to reversible functional impairments / Martha R. Herbert and Matthew P. Anderson. |