The neurobiology of autism / edited by Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bauman, Margaret L.

Kemper, Thomas L.

Series:

The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism--Pathophysiology.

Autism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wenk, University of Arizona; Andrew W. Zimmerman, JHUSM.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-8875-1

OCLC:

923192511