Overview
- A state-of-the-art synthesis of credible biological theories of autism and the evidence that supports them
- Unique, evidence-based review of pathogenesis, clinical features, and current or potential treatments
- Wide-ranging, covering six main areas that probe and reveal the biological bases of autistic spectrum disorders
- Chapters cover molecular and clinical genetics; neurotransmitters and cell signaling; endocrinology, growth, and metabolism; immunology, maternal-fetal effects, and neuroinflammation; neuroanatomy, imaging, and neural networks, and environmental mechanisms and models
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Neurology (CCNEU)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Molecular and Clinical Genetics
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Neurotransmitters and Cell Signaling
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Endocrinology, Growth, and Metabolism
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Immunology, Maternal-Fetal Interaction, and Neuroinflammation
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About this book
Creative thinking and collaborative scientific research have advanced our understanding of autism, and we are now beginning to synthesize the data into evidence and theories. Autism: Current Theories and Evidence presents current theories about autism and the evidence that supports them. The goal is to show how the scientific method is revealing the biological bases of this spectrum of disorders, thereby leading the way to their treatment and prevention using evidence-based medicine. This book has 20 chapters divided into 6 sections: Molecular and Clinical Genetics; Neurotransmitters and Cell Signaling; Endocrinology, Growth and Metabolism; Immunology, Maternal-Fetal Effects and Neuroinflammation; Neuroanatomy, Imaging and Neural networks; and Environmental Mechanisms and Models. The subjects cover a wide range of current scientific work in the field of autism, with strong and growing evidence to support them, and demonstrate both the breadth and depth of current autism research. The reader is encouraged to consider how theories and the scientific method, in the hands of these and other dedicated researchers, are leading to greater knowledge and continued progress in autism research.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"Autism: Current Theories and Evidence, edited by Andrew Zimmerman, serves as an atlas or geophysical study of the archipelago of autism. … this book is a valuable contribution to the effort to map autism, and it is a demonstration of the type of cooperation that is needed across scientific disciplines if progress is to be made in this effort." (Jeffrey A. Munson, The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 360 (23), June, 2009)
“All chapters are uniformely arranged with initial abstract, many informative subheadings, tables and impressive figures. All of them are clearly written … . the present book provides an impressive, evidence-based review of pathogenesis, clinical features, genetics, biological bases, pathogenetic factors, current or future treatments of ASDs. It is therefore recommended to all clinicians and neuroscientist who are interested and engaged in the complex field of ASDs.” (K. A. Jellinger, European Journal of Neurology, Vol. 16, 2009)
“The book has 20 chapters divided into 6 parts. … Mainly, but not only, for neurobiologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Recommended.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 8 (2), December, 2010)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Autism
Book Subtitle: Current Theories and Evidence
Authors: Andrew W. Zimmerman
Series Title: Current Clinical Neurology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-489-0
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60327-488-3Published: 15 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-901-7Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-489-0Published: 08 October 2008
Series ISSN: 1559-0585
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4043
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 474
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Neurosciences