The Neurobiology of Autism (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience)

In the decade since the first edition of The Neurobiology of Autism was published research has revealed valuable new information about the nature and origins of autism including genetics and abnormalities in such neurotransmitters as acetylcholine and serotonin. For this long-anticipated new edition neurologists Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper bring together leading researchers and clinicians to present the most current scientific knowledge and theories about autism. The contributors cover genetics imaging studies physiology neuroanatomy and neurochemistry immunology brain function the epidemiology of the disease and related disorders. Thoroughly updated The Neurobiology of Autism remains the best single-volume work on the wide array of research being conducted into the causes characteristics and treatment of autism. Contributors: George M. Anderson Yale Child Study Center; Tara L. Arndt University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC); Trang Au University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMC); Jocelyne Bachevalier University of Texas Health Science Center; Irina N. Bespalova Seaver Autism Research Center Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (SARC); Gene J. Blatt Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM); Susan E. Bryson IWK Health CentreDalhousie University; Timothy M. Buie Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Joseph D. Buxbaum SARC; Kathryn M. Carbone The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSM); Diane C. Chugani Wayne State University; Daniel F. Connor UMMC; Edwin H. Cook Jr. University of Chicago; S. Hossein Fatemi University of Minnesota Medical School; Susan E. Folstein Tufts University School of Medicine; Eric Fombonne McGill University; Randi Jenssen Hagerman UC Davis Medical Center; Elizabeth Petri Henske Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia; Jeannette J. A. Holden Queens University; Ronald J. Killiany BUSM; Omanand Koul UMMC; Mandy Lee Newcastle General Hospital U.K.; Xudong Liu Queens University; Tara L. Moore BUSM; Mark B. Moss BUSM; Karin B. Nelson National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Phillip G. Nelson National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Elaine Perry Newcastle General Hospital; Jonathan Pevsner JHUSM; Mikhail V. Pletnikov JHUSM; Stephen W. Porges University of Illinois at Chicago; Lucio Rehbein Universidad de la Frontera Chile; Jennifer Reichert SARC; Patricia M. Rodier URMC; Beth Rosen-Sheidley MGH; Susan L. Smalley UCLA Neuropsychiatric Research Institute; Ronald J. Steingard UMMC; Helen Tager-Flusberg BUSM; Gary L. Wenk University of Arizona; Andrew W. Zimmerman JHUSM