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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Self-injurious behaviors, clumsiness, motor stereotypies, faulty facial recognition, the bothersome nature of change, joint attention and theory of mind in autism: putting it all together
I will always remember seeing Mel Kaplan examine autistic patients for a prism lens study that was being conducted at my laboratory. One young participant, despite having his parents around, […]
Enlargement of the brain ventricles in preterm infants who later on exhibit autistic symptoms
Figure: Tammy Movsas visiting our laboratory (8/26/13). Recently I wrote a blog for my fiancee Emily Williams. The same appeared on her web site “Science over a Cuppa” (see http://bit.ly/12Flp3T […]
The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and Autism
For all people that think that cholesterol is a bad thing they should take a look at conditions linked to abnormalities in its metabolism such as the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, Niemann-Pick, […]
