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Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Need for Further Studies on the Safety of Prenatal Ultrasound

January 30, 2013by m0casa02 10 Comments

The following is a discussion about the need for further studies on the safety of prenatal ultrasound.  I do believe that ultrasound may pose a risk factor for autism and […]

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What Causes the Major Symptoms of Autism (Part 1)?

January 29, 2013by m0casa02 14 Comments

A pedagogic aspect of a pathologist’s job is trying to explain symptoms based on autopsy findings.  This follows a long tradition in medicine where a professor does dissections while asking […]

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Why Use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Autism?

January 27, 2013by m0casa02 11 Comments

In previous posts I have mentioned our findings of abnormal minicolumns in the brains of autistic individuals.  The minicolumn is an elemental modular unit of the cortex serving as an […]

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The Cerebral Cortex and Autism

January 26, 2013by m0casa02 5 Comments

Raymond D. Adams, the perennial Chief of Neurology at Mass. General, taught his residents that the initial step in order to make a clinical diagnosis was to localize the lesion.  […]

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An Introduction to Cortical Modularity

January 24, 2013by m0casa02 5 Comments

Many years ago, Lorente de No, a student of Cajal, described the presence of a repeating circuit within the cerebral cortex.  He said that, respective of anatomical location, all information […]

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Mirror mirror on the wall…: Mirror neurons and autism

January 23, 2013by m0casa02 8 Comments

Do you believe that an autistic person would make for a good standup comedian? The question was answered a few years ago at an AutismOne conference. A personal apearance along […]

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Of Mice and Men: Complications of Animal Models in Autism Research

January 20, 2013by m0casa02 10 Comments

A couple of years ago while at an IMFAR meeting I happened to attend a lecture on animal models in autism. The lecturer, a distinguished neuroscientist, made a point that […]

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