Autism [[electronic resource] ] : neural basis and treatment possibilities / / [editors, Gregory Bock and Jamie Goode]

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85882; 618.92/8982
• Soggetto topico: Autism; Autism in children; Neurophysiology
• Altri autori: BockGregory GoodeJamie
• Note generali: Symposium on autism: neural basis and treatment possibilities, held at the Novartis Foundation, London, 18-20 June 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: AUTISM: NEURAL BASIS AND TREATMENT POSSIBILITIES; Contents; Participants; Introduction: autism - the challenges ahead; Epidemiology and early identification of autism: research challenges and opportunities; Discussion; Implications of the broader phenotype for concepts of autism; Discussion; Strategies for autism candidate gene analysis; Discussion; How might genetic mechanisms operate in autism?; Discussion; X-linked genes and the neural basis of social cognition; Discussion; General discussion I; The neuropathology of the autism spectrum disorders: what have we learned?; Discussion ; Microbiology and immunology of autism spectrum disordersDiscussion; What do imaging studies tell us about the neural basis of autism?; Discussion; The amygdala, autism and anxiety; Discussion; Cognition in autism: one deficit or many?; Discussion; Autism and specific language impairment: categorical distinction or continuum?; Discussion; Why have drug treatments been so disappointing?; Discussion; Can early interventions alter the course of autism?; Discussion; Early intervention and brain plasticity in autism; Discussion; Final discussion; Summing-up; Index of contributors; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book draws together contributions from some of the leading investigators in the field of autism to consider specific problem areas in current research. Each contributor brings expertise from a different field, providing a balanced view of the whole spectrum of study of this disorder. It covers four main areas: * Twin and family studies indicate that the heritability of the underlying liability to autism exceeds 90% and point to a multifactorial causation, involving a relatively small number of susceptibility genes. The book discusses this issue in detail, along with the problem of why s
• Titolo autorizzato: Autism
• ISBN: 1-280-27237-6; 9786610272372; 0-470-66751-6; 0-470-86937-2; 0-470-86938-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910841007003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Novartis Foundation symposium ; ; 251.