Peter Good: a Single Case Clinical Trial with Citrulline
I first met Peter a couple of years ago at an Autism Research Institute Think Tank. At the Think Tank Peter impressed everybody with his knowledge, specially about biochemical pathways. […]
Tag Archives: causes of autism
Autism or Autisms: What should be our Default Position?
I recently gave a lecture for the Autism Research Institute. The same dealt with whether autism should be considered a single condition or a conglomerate of multiple disorders. My position […]
Abnormalities in the size of cortical modules in autism: are they wider or narrower?
Several weeks ago a good friend of mine, Alycia Haladay, asked me to write a criticism of Steven Chance’s recently published article in Brain. The criticism would be posted as […]
NeuroTribes
The following is an opinion piece by one of our readers, Jonathan Mitchell. In this blog Jonathan reviews Steve Silberman’s recently published book “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the […]
The Reading of NeuroTribes
The following is a blog written by one of our readers, Ms. Claudia Mazzuco. In the blog Claudia reviews Steve Silberman’s recently published book “NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and […]
Oxidative Stress and Autism
Oxidative stress, defined as an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the body’s ability to detoxify these chemicals or repair the damage caused by them, has […]
Recommendations on screening for ASD
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) publishes recommendations on screening for ASD – the research and advocacy communities respond Reblogged from autismsciencefoundation August 3, 2015 At a time when 1 […]
Artificial sweeteners, sugar substitutes, and autism
There are many conjectures about the putative role of artificial sweeteners, also called nonnutritive sweeteners, as a risk factor for autism. These conjectures arise primarily from blogs within the Internet […]
The Hidden Difficulties of Autistic Children in School
One of our readers is the blogger for Planet Autism. We seem to have very similar ideas and understandings of the condition and have enjoyed lengthy conversations behind the blogs. […]
Brain Organoids and Autism
There is no such thing as a cell culture of single neurons. Neurons in order to survive and differentiate need the presence of other neurons, so a threshold number of […]
