The neurobiology of autism
By: edited by Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper.
Contributors: Bauman, Margaret L.; Kemper, Thomas L.
Edition: Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.
Series: The John Hopkins series in psychiatry and neuroscience
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Autistic Disorder -- physiopathology; Brain -- physiopathology; Diagnostic Imaging
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview / Isabelle Rapin; title: The genetics of autism / Joseph Piven and Susan Folstein; title: Neurophysiologic observations in autism and their implications for neurologic dysfunction / Michelle Dunn; title: In vivo neuroanatomy of autism : neuroimaging studies / Nancy J. Minshew and Stephen M. Dombrowski; title: In vivo brain chemistry of autism : 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies / Nancy J. Minshew; title: Positron emission tomography : implications for cerebral dysfunction in autism / Barry Horwitz and Judith M. Rumsey; title: Neuroanatomic observations of the brain in autism / Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper; title: The contribution of medial temporal lobe structures in infantile autism : a neurobehavioral study in primates / Jocelyne Bachevalier; title: Memory function and autism / Ronald J. Killiany and Mark B. Moss; title: The cerebellum in autism : clinical and anatomic perspectives / Jeremy D. Schmahmann; title: Studies on the neurochemistry of autism / George M. Anderson; title: Epilogue / Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper.