Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Autism

  • Reference work entry
Neuroscience in the 21st Century

  • 2932 Accesses

Abstract

Autism was first described as the earliest form of schizophrenic psychosis. It is now considered to be a biologically based pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder affecting, from the first days of life, social communication and adjustment to the environment. Advances in the understanding of its clinical, neurofunctional and genetic aspects have progressively modified conceptions and practices for diagnosis, exploration and therapeutics.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 1,699.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Further Reading

  • Anagnostou E, Taylor MJ (2011) Review of neuroimaging in autism spectrum disorders: what have we learned and where do we go from here. Mol Autism 2:4 (pdf ahead of print)

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Coleman M (ed) (2005) The neurology of autism. Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Google Scholar 

  • Fombonne E (2009) Epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders. Pediatr Res 65(6):591–598

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Goines P, Van der Water J (2010) The immune system’s role in the biology of autism. Curr Opin Neurol 23:111–117

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Haesen B, Boets B, Wagemans J (2011) A review of behavioural and electrophysiological studies on auditory processing and speech perception in autism spectrum disorders. Res Autism Spectr Disord 5:701–714

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • National Autism Center (2009) National standards project – addressing the need for evidence-based practice guidelines for autism spectrum disorders. National standards report. National Autism Center, Randolf

    Google Scholar 

  • Ospina MB, Krebs Seida J, Clark B et al (2008) Behavioural and developmental interventions for autism spectrum disorder: a clinical systematic review. PLOS One 3(11):e3755

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Rapin I, Tuchman RF (2008) What is new in autism? Curr Opin Neurol 21:143–149

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Volkmar FR, Paul R, Klin A, Cohen DJ (eds) (2005) Handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. Wiley, Hoboken

    Google Scholar 

  • Wing L, Gould J, Gillberg C (2010) Autism spectrum disorders in the DSM-V: better or worse than the DSM-IV? Res Dev Disabil 32:768–773

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR Inserm U930, 37044 Tours cedex 9, France

    Prof. Catherine Barthélémy & Prof. Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault

Authors
  1. Prof. Catherine Barthélémy
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Prof. Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Catherine Barthélémy .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

    Donald W. Pfaff

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

About this entry

Cite this entry

Barthélémy, C., Bonnet-Brilhault, F. (2013). Autism. In: Pfaff, D.W. (eds) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1997-6_91

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation