Understanding autism : from basic neuroscience to treatment /
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| Imprint: | Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Frances, 2006. |
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| Description: | 526 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5929964 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Autism spectrum disorders : phenotype and diagnosis / Catherine Lord and Sarah J. Spence
- Ch. 2. Past and future perspectives on autism epidemiology / Eric Fombonne
- Ch. 3. Genetic basis of autism / Elena Bonora, Janine A. Lamb, Gabrielle Barnby, Anthony J. Bailey and Anthony P. Monaco
- Ch. 4. Finding genes in spite of heterogeneity : endophenotypes, QTL mapping, and expression profiling in autism / Daniel H. Geschwind and Maricela Alarcon
- Ch. 5. A mixed epigenetic and genetic and mixed De Novo and inherited model for autism / Arthur L. Beaudet and Huda Y. Zoghbi
- Ch. 6. Neurobiology of related disorders : fragile X syndrome / Usha Narayanan and Stephen T. Warren
- Ch. 7. Fear and anxiety pathways / Kevin S. LaBar and Joseph E. LeDoux
- Ch. 8. Cerebellar networks and autism : an anatomical hypothesis / Richard P. Dum and Peter L. Strick
- Ch. 9. Language in autism / Matthew Walenski, Helen Tager-Flusberg and Michael T. Ullman
- Ch. 10. Prefrontal cortex / Joseph L. Price
- Ch. 11. The social brain, amygdala, and autism / Cynthia M. Schumann, Melissa D. Bauman, Christopher J. Machado and David G. Amaral
- Ch. 12. The thalamus and neuromodulatory systems / Mircea Steriade
- Ch. 13. Modeling features of autism in animals / Paul H. Patterson
- Ch. 14. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical studies of the autistic brain : current thought and future directions / Margaret L. Bauman, George Anderson, Elaine Perry and Melissa Ray
- Ch. 15. The social brain in autism : perspectives from neuropsychology and neuroimaging / Robert T. Schultz, Katarzyna Chawarska and Fred R. Volkmar
- Ch. 16. Structural neuroimaging / Ruth A. Carper, Graham M. Wideman and Eric Courchesne
- Ch. 17. Neuropsychology and neurophysiology of autism spectrum disorders / Nancy J. Minshew, Sara J. Webb, Diane L. Williams and Geraldine Dawson
- Ch. 18. Pharmacological treatments / Christopher J. McDougle, David J. Posey and Kimberly A. Stigler
- Ch. 19. Behavioral, educational, and developmental treatments for autism / Sally J. Rogers and Sally Ozonoff
- Ch. 20. The costs of autism / Michael L. Ganz.
