Understanding autism
Subtitle: from basic neuroscience to treatment
By: edited by Steven O. Moldin, John L.R. Rubenstein.
Contributors: Moldin, Steven O.; Rubenstein, John L. R., 1955-
Publisher: CRC/Taylor & Frances
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: Autism; Autistic Disorder -- diagnosis; Autistic Disorder -- genetics; Autistic Disorder -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Autism spectrum disorders: phenotype and diagnosis.; title: Past and future perspectives on autism epidemiology.; title: Genetic basis of autism.; title: Finding genes in spite of heterogeneity: endophenotypes, QTL mapping, and expression profiling in autism.; title: A mixed epigenetic and genetic and mixed de novo and inherited model for autism.; title: Neurobiology of related disorders: fragile X syndrome.; title: Fear and anxiety pathways.; title: Cerebellar networks and autism: an anatomical hypothesis.; title: Language in autism.; title: Prefrontal cortex.; title: The social brain, amydala, and autism.; title: The thalamus and neuromodulatory systems.; title: Modeling features of autism in animals.; title: Neuroanatomical and neurochemical studies of the autistic brain: current thought and future directions.; title: The social brain in autism: perspectives from neuropsychology and neuroimaging.; title: Structural neuroimaging.; title: Neuropsychology and neurophysiology of autism spectrum disorders.; title: Pharmacological treatments.; title: Behavioral, educational, and developmental treatments for autism.; title: The costs of autism.