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Neuronal and synaptic dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability /

Provides the latest information on Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the lifelong neurodevelopmental disorders that present in early childhood and affect how individuals communicate and relate to others and their surroundings. In addition, three quarters of ASD patients also manifest severe intellec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sala, Carlo, Dr (Editor ), Verpelli, Chiara (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Experimental Tools for the Identification of Specific Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Intellectual Disability
  • Genetic Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetics of X-Linked Intellectual Disability
  • Genetic Causes of Intellectual Disability: The Genes Controlling Cortical Development
  • Immune Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Synapse proteomes and disease: The MASC paradigm
  • THe function of MeCP2 and its causality in Rett Syndrome
  • FMRP and the pathophysiology of fragile x syndrome
  • X-linked ASDs and ID gene mutations
  • SHANK mutations in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder
  • Mutations in synaptic adhesion molecules
  • CNTNAP2 mutations in autism
  • Planar cell polarity gene mutations in autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, and related deletion/duplication syndromes
  • Protocadherin mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Mutations of voltage-gated sodium channel genes SCN1A and SCN2A in epilepsy, intellectual disability, and autism
  • Oxytocin in the developing brain: relevance as disease-modifying treatment in autism spectrum disorders
  • Mouse behavior and models for autism spectrum disorders
  • The iPSC technology to study neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Rett syndrome: clinical aspects
  • Fragile X syndrome
  • Phelan-McDermid syndrome: clinical aspects
  • Epilepsy associated with ASD and intellectual disability
  • Index.