Autism Current Theories and Evidence /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zimmerman, Andrew W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Σειρά: Current Clinical Neurology
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.