Bauman / Kemper The Neurobiology of Autism

2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8018-8875-5
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience

In the decade since the first edition of The Neurobiology of Autism was published, research has revealed valuable new information about the nature and origins of autism, including genetics and abnormalities in such neurotransmitters as acetylcholine and serotonin. For this long-anticipated new edition, neurologists Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper bring together leading researchers and clinicians to present the most current scientific knowledge and theories about autism. The contributors cover genetics, imaging studies, physiology, neuroanatomy and neurochemistry, immunology, brain function, the epidemiology of the disease, and related disorders.

Thoroughly updated, The Neurobiology of Autism remains the best single-volume work on the wide array of research being conducted into the causes, characteristics, and treatment of autism.

Contributors: George M. Anderson, Yale Child Study Center; Tara L. Arndt, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC); Trang Au, University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMC); Jocelyne Bachevalier, University of Texas Health Science Center; Irina N. Bespalova, Seaver Autism Research Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (SARC); Gene J. Blatt, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM); Susan E. Bryson, IWK Health Centre–Dalhousie University; Timothy M. Buie, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Joseph D. Buxbaum, SARC; Kathryn M. Carbone, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSM); Diane C. Chugani, Wayne State University; Daniel F. Connor, UMMC; Edwin H. Cook, Jr., University of Chicago; S. Hossein Fatemi, University of Minnesota Medical School; Susan E. Folstein, Tufts University School of Medicine; Eric Fombonne, McGill University; Randi Jenssen Hagerman, UC Davis Medical Center; Elizabeth Petri Henske, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Jeannette J. A. Holden, Queen's University; Ronald J. Killiany, BUSM; Omanand Koul, UMMC; Mandy Lee, Newcastle General Hospital, U.K.; Xudong Liu, Queen's University; Tara L. Moore, BUSM; Mark B. Moss, BUSM; Karin B. Nelson, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Phillip G. Nelson, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Elaine Perry, Newcastle General Hospital; Jonathan Pevsner, JHUSM; Mikhail V. Pletnikov, JHUSM; Stephen W. Porges, University of Illinois at Chicago; Lucio Rehbein, Universidad de la Frontera, Chile; Jennifer Reichert, SARC; Patricia M. Rodier, URMC; Beth Rosen-Sheidley, MGH; Susan L. Smalley, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Research Institute; Ronald J. Steingard, UMMC; Helen Tager-Flusberg, BUSM; Gary L. Wenk, University of Arizona; Andrew W. Zimmerman, JHUSM

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauman, Margaret L.

Kemper, Thomas L.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Autismus und Asperger-Syndrom
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Preface
I. Clinical Observations
1. The Epodemiology of Pervasice Developmental Disorders
2. Size of the Head and Brain in Austism: Clue to Underlying Biologic Mechanisms?
3. The Autistic Mind
4. Language and Communication Disorders in Austim Spectrum Disorders
5. Memory and Executive Functions in Autism
6. The Vagus: A Mediator of Behavioral and Physioclogic Features
7. Approaches to Psychophrmacology
8. Gastointestinal Issues Encountered in Autism
II. Nauronatomic Investigations
9. Structural Brain Anatomy in Autism: What Is the Evidence?
10. The Brainstem in Austium
11. Myelin and Autism
12. Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Autism
13. The Orbitofrontal-Amygdala System in Nonhuman Primates: Fuction, Development, and Early Insult
14. An Animal Model of Virus-Induced Austism: Borna Disease Virus Infection of the Neonatal Rat
III. Genetic Initiatives
15. Gene Expression in Austism
16. Candidate Susceptibility Geners for Austism
17. Chromosome 15 and Autism
18. Chromosom 7
19. Fragile X Syndrome
20. Autism and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
21. The Roles of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in Autism: From Behavior and Pharmacotherapy to Genetics
22. Serotonin in Austism
23. The GABAergic System in Autism
25. The Role of Reelin in Autism
26. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Dopamine in Autism
27. The Immune System
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bauman, Margaret L.
Margaret L. Bauman, M.D., is an associate clinical professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Margaret L. Bauman, M.D., is an associate clinical professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. Thomas L. Kemper, M.D., is a professor of neurology, anatomy, and pathology at Boston University School of Medicine.