Autistic Disorder - Physiopathology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods.

30 Aug 2009 Leo Kanner first described autism in 1943, but it took the America Psychiatric Association almost 40 years to recognize it officially in 1980. It is one of five diverse pervasive developmental disorders grouped under the diagnostic category of ... Read more...

Autism: an emerging 'neuroimmune disorder' in search of therapy.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by difficulties in communication and by repetitive and stereotypic behaviors, as well as by social impairment, attention, cognitive, and learning defects. ... Read more...

Child neurology: autism as a model: considerations for advanced training in behavioral child neurology.

30 Aug 2009 In this article, we advocate for advanced training for child neurologists in behavior and development in order to facilitate the investigation of childhood behavioral and neurodevelopmental disabilities, with autism serving as a model disorder. We ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Autistic Disorder - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Anterior to posterior limb of the internal capsule morphology in fragile X syndrome. 29 Sep 2009
• Journal club. A biologist praises a mouse model of autism inheritance. 22 Sep 2009
• Autism spectrum disorders following in utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs. 20 Sep 2009
• Autism and aging: hardly out of the woods. 30 Aug 2009
• Disparate diseases due to copycat copy number variations. 30 Aug 2009
• Autism: an emerging 'neuroimmune disorder' in search of therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Child neurology: autism as a model: considerations for advanced training in behavioral child neurology. 30 Aug 2009
• Varieties of altruism in children and chimpanzees. 25 Aug 2009
• Cerebral laterality for phonemic and prosodic cue decoding in children with autism. 24 Aug 2009
• Increased brain size in autism--what it will take to solve a mystery. 13 Aug 2009
• A functional and structural study of emotion and face processing in children with autism. 6 Aug 2009
• Investigating epigenetic influences on seizure disposition. 30 Jul 2009
• Selected testosterone-related diseases in women who have given birth to a child with infantile autism. 30 Jul 2009
• A simple method for measuring brain asymmetry in children: application to autism. 30 Jul 2009
• Neural correlates of autistic traits in the general population: insights into autism. 30 Jul 2009
• Autism and the gut. 25 Jul 2009
• Absence of M100 source asymmetry in autism associated with language functioning. 13 Jul 2009
• Relationship between cingulo-insular functional connectivity and autistic traits in neurotypical adults. 13 Jul 2009
• Representation of internal models of action in the autistic brain. 3 Jul 2009
• Autism is characterized by dorsal anterior cingulate hyperactivation during social target detection. 30 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Autistic Disorder'

Definition: A disorder beginning in childhood. It is marked by the presence of markedly abnormal or impaired development in social interaction and communication and a markedly restricted repertoire of activity and interest. Manifestations of the disorder vary greatly depending on the developmental level and chronological age of the individual. (DSM-IV)

Descriptor UI: D001321

Alternative terms: Autistic Disorder; Disorder, Autistic; Disorders, Autistic; Autism, Early Infantile; Early Infantile Autism; Infantile Autism, Early; Kanner's Syndrome; Kanner Syndrome; Kanners Syndrome; Syndrome, Kanner's; Autism; Autisms; Autism, Infantile; Infantile Autism;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.550.325.125;

Online Note: use AUTISM, INFANTILE to search AUTISM, EARLY INFANTILE 1971-80; use SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD 1968-70

History Note: 1981(1966)