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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Zimmerman, Andrew W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Current Clinical Neurology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.