Congress on Cortical Evolution in 2018
I was honored to be named as a guest speaker in the upcoming congress on Cortical Evolution 2018. The same will be celebrated in the Canary Islands, birthplace of my […]
Tag Archives: cerebral cortex
The Brain in Autism: Part I
This was originally provided as a handout to accompany my presentation “Abnormalities of cortical circuitry in the brains of autistic individuals” at the Autism One conference in May, 2006. Introduction […]
Infograph on autism and dyslexia
The following is an infograph summarizing some of our research as related to autism and dyslexia. The same was provided to me by a graduate student and mother of a […]
Dyslexia and autism: Cognitive profiles at the tail-ends of the same spectrum
As part of my research I have had the opportunity to work with individuals labelled as neurodevelopmentally disabled. I have been able to study their cognitive profiles, neuroimaging studies and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brain development and autism
Recently we had the opportunity to publish a blog at the Autism Science Foundation (ASF) web site (see http://bit.ly/1zJHtey). The same summarizes the main intent of one of our latest […]
Vernon Mountcastle: The Father of Neuroscience
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, Jr “The Father of Neuroscience” (1918-2015) It is a sad day today as I learned about the passing away of Vernon Mountcastle last Sunday. Most of my […]
Autism and related disorders: from bench to bedside (Part 1)
I just returned from an extended stay in France where I attended an autism conference in La Ciotat. The organizer of the meeting was Yehezkel Ben-Ari, the Founder and Honorary […]
National Alliance for Autism Research Article
Several years ago my good friend Eric London (see bit.ly/1n6uqc7) wrote the attached letter when I resigned my position as member of the Scientific Advisory Board for NAAR. Back then […]
