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 […]
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Autism: It is not About Mercury
I believe that parents, such as Bernie Rimland, have promoted our modern understanding of autism. Indeed, I have learned more about the clinical aspects of autism by reading autobiographical accounts […]
Autism: What is the Buzz About Gamma?
This blog is a continuation of my previous one: “How do we put our thoughts together?”. It is meant to emphasize the importance of gamma oscillation abnormalities in autism. The […]
Major Symptoms of Autism: How do we put Our Thoughts Together?
How do we acquire an overall impression of our environment? How does the brain extract different features from sensory sources and then puts them together into a complete form? Computers […]
Symptoms of Autism (Part2)? How We Think Depends on How Our Brains Are Wired
In previous blogs I have discussed the presence of abnormally constructed cortical structures called minicolumns in the brains of autistic individuals. These cortical modules are units of information processing much […]
What Causes the Major Symptoms of Autism (Part 1)?
A pedagogic aspect of a pathologist’s job is trying to explain symptoms based on autopsy findings. This follows a long tradition in medicine where a professor does dissections while asking […]
Why Use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Autism?
In previous posts I have mentioned our findings of abnormal minicolumns in the brains of autistic individuals. The minicolumn is an elemental modular unit of the cortex serving as an […]
The Cerebral Cortex and Autism
Raymond D. Adams, the perennial Chief of Neurology at Mass. General, taught his residents that the initial step in order to make a clinical diagnosis was to localize the lesion. […]
An Introduction to Cortical Modularity
Many years ago, Lorente de No, a student of Cajal, described the presence of a repeating circuit within the cerebral cortex. He said that, respective of anatomical location, all information […]
