Key Players in Autism: III. Brain Weight
It is really fascinating that even after a person has been declared legally dead the cells of his/her brain are still capable of reacting to environmental stimuli. In effect, as […]
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Key Players in Autism: II. The Cerebellum
It seems that in neuropathology the dictum of real estate applies, it is all about location, location, location. In essence location of pathology constrains the possible number of causative agents […]
Autism Research: Distinguishing the good from the bad
Neuropathology is the subspecialty of pathology that studies biopsies or autopsy tissue from the nervous system. The tissue examined includes the central and peripheral nervous system, skeletal muscle and occasionally […]
Autism: Banking on the future of our children
Everybody agrees that in order to find the cause(s) of autism, we have to focus our investigation on the brain. Only by looking directly at the brain can we achieve […]
Mitochondrial Disorders and Autism
Mitochondria are minute organelles that serve to stabilize intracellular levels of calcium and play a prominent role in mediating a certain type of cell-death, the latter called apoptosis. However, the […]
The Squeeze Machine
The squeeze machine is known by many names, e.g., hug machine or hug box. I prefer calling it the squeeze machine to prevent confusion whenever I ask one of our […]
Sensory Problems in Autism
Throughout most of the history of autism as recorded within the medical literature, sensory problems have been paid very little attention. These were not unknown phenomena, both Kanner ad Asperger […]
El Uso de Modelos de Animales en el Autismo
Hace par de años atrás, mientras participaba en una reunión (IMFAR) sobre el autismo asistí a una conferencia sobre el uso de animales como modelos de enfermedades humanas. La profesora, […]
Dolores abdominales y migrañas en el autismo
Hace unos 17 años, cuando adquirí un interés personal en el autismo, el vínculo con síntomas abdominales se mencionaba en la literatura, pero era fácilmente descartado como coincidental. A lo […]
Key Players in Autism: I. the Corpus Callosum
The corpus callosum is a bundle of neural fibers that connects both cerebral hemispheres. It is the largest white matter structure of the brain. Signs and symptoms of a corpus […]
