Autism Current Theories and Evidence /
Creative thinking and collaborative scientific research have advanced our understanding of autism and we are now beginning to synthesize the data into evidence and theories. Autism: Current Theories and Evidence presents current theories about autism and the evidence that supports them. The goal is...
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| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press : Imprint: Humana,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Current Clinical Neurology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0 |
Table of Contents:
- Molecular and Clinical Genetics
- Engrailed2 and Cerebellar Development in the Pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Teratogenic Alleles in Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Cholesterol Deficit in Autism: Insights from Smith–Lemli–Opitz Syndrome
- Autism in Genetic Intellectual Disability
- Neurotransmitters and Cell Signaling
- Serotonin Dysfunction in Autism
- Excitotoxicity in Autism
- Prenatal ?2-Adrenergic Receptor Signaling and Autism:
- Endocrinology, Growth, and Metabolism
- A Role for Fetal Testosterone in Human Sex Differences
- Interaction between Genetic Vulnerability and Neurosteroids in Purkinje cells as a Possible Neurobiological Mechanism in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Insulin-Like Growth Factors
- Oxidative Stress and the Metabolic Pathology of Autism
- Immunology, Maternal-Fetal Interaction, and Neuroinflammation
- The Immune System in Autism
- Maternal Immune Activation, Cytokines and Autism
- Maternal Antibodies and the Placental–Fetal IgG Transfer Theory
- Can Neuroinflammation Influence the Development of Autism Spectrum Disorders?
- Neuroanatomy and Neural networks
- The Significance of Minicolumnar Size Variability in Autism
- Imaging Evidence for Pathological Brain Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Information Processing, Neural Connectivity, and Neuronal Organization
- Environmental Mechanisms and Models
- Evidence for Environmental Susceptibility in Autism
- An Expanding Spectrum of Autism Models
- Erratum.