Autism in Colombia
I am Hispanic, born in Puerto Rico. My family were farmers originally from the Canary Islands (San Miguel de Arbona in Tenerife, Spain). In this regard I enjoy visiting Hispanic […]
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Fear, emotion and socialization: the role of the amygdala in the symptoms of autism
Note: I am traveling to Colombia this week attending a neuroscience congress and I won’t be able to answer any comments or emails to this or other posts in an […]
Una nota de precuacion sobre el uso de la estimulación magnética transcraneal en el autismo
Desde hace muchos años mi grupo ha utilizado la estimulación magnética transcraneal (EMT) para tratar al autismo. Tuvimos el honor de tener el primer artículo publicado sobre el tema, y […]
The mystery of the missing smile (Moebius sequence) and autism
Many years ago while doing my residence training in Neurology I saw a patient that could not smile or frown. She had a blank stare on her face and had […]
La rara enfermedad de Urbach-Wiethe y el autismo
Los estudiantes de medicina dicen que la Neurología es la disciplina que exalta la memorización de terminos y epónimos raros. En la Neurología, hay un sinfín de hechos alrededor de […]
Headaches, neck pain, disequilibrium and autism
Several years ago I had the opportunity to be a plenary speaker for the World Congress of Autism in Monterrey, Mexico. My lecture was given late in the evening. The […]
El Síndrome de Smith-Lemli-Opitz y el Autismo
Para todas las personas que piensan que el colesterol es una cosa mala deberían de echar un vistazo a lo que sucede cuando ocurren anormalidades en su metabolismo. Cuando el […]
The Rare Urbach-Wiethe disease and Autism
Medical students say that Neurology is the discipline of medicine that exalts the memorization of foreign words and eponyms. In Neurology there are endless facts surrounding names that go back […]
Conductas autolesivas, teoria de la mente, torpeza, la atencion en conjunto: explicandolo todo con la misma teoria
Siempre tendre el grato recuerdo de haber visto a Mel Kaplan examinar pacientes autistas para un estudio de lentes prismáticos que se estaba llevando a cabo en mi laboratorio. […]
A Cautionary Note on the Use of Transcraneal Magnetic Stimulation in Autism
For many years now my group has used Transcraneal Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to treat autism. We had the distinction of having the first published article on the subject, and have […]
