Autism [electronic resource] : current theories and evidence / Andrew W. Zimmerman, editor.
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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| Series: | Current clinical neurology.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.