Of Mice and Men: Complications of Animal Models in Autism Research
Originally posted on Cortical Chauvinism:
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…
Tag Archives: autism research
Rubella, the MMR Vaccination, and Autism
In this particular blog I will continue expanding on my line of thinking regarding what I consider to be the basic abnormality in the brains of individuals with autism spectrum […]
Mice exposed to ultrasound during pregnancy show autistic behaviors
The Journal of Autism Research just published an article detailing the effects of prenatal ultrasound on mice (Autis Res Nov 18, 2013 doi 10.1002/aur.1349, Epub ahead of print). The authors […]
The problem of “too many findings in autism”
A few months ago I had the opportunity to talk to my good friend Steve Edelson from the Autism Research Institute (ARI). The conversation revolved around what makes for a […]
Autism Efforts in Russia
A few months ago I had an invitation to be the opening speaker in a 2 hour lecture at the first International Autism Congress in Russia. As fate would have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
