The Cause of Autism: Part 2 The Basics
My previous blog served to introduce the possibility of a defect in brain development that could explain many of the observed pathological features of autism (see http://bit.ly/1aM5KFu ). In it […]
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The Cause of Autism: Part 1 Introduction
I know that it is presumptious to write an article about what may be the cause of autism. There are many individuals that have their own take on this particular […]
Syndromic Forms of Autism: Part II
Most cases of autism have no underlying cause to them and are called idiopathic. A significant minority of cases have an underlying cause and are called syndromic. This is the […]
El sindrome de savant adquirido
Hace unos 25 años tuve la oportunidad de participar en un estudio del NIH donde reclutamos a un grupo de autistas que tenían habilidades para calcular el calendario. Al preguntarle […]
The significance of small cells in autism
The job of a neuropathologist is to establish the existence of abnormalities in the conformation of both cells and tissue. This endeavor is not all that different from that of […]
Syndromic Forms of Autism: Part I
My partner, Emily Williams, has a blog devoted primarily to science. However, she has had a longstanding interest in autism, specially the genetics of the same. In this blog she […]
All Roads Once Led to Rome… But Do All Roads Lead to Autism??
What do autism and cancer have in common? There are many false results in genetic studies of cancer research and these are similar to those ones reported for autism. All […]
Analogias entre el efecto de Flynn y el autismo
No es de conocimiento común que el coeficiente intelectual (CI) ha aumentado alrededor de 25 puntos en las últimas 8 décadas. Esto es un aumento increíble observado en todos paises […]
Acquired Savant Syndrome
Probably some 25 years ago I was able to participate in a NIH study where we recruited a group of autistic individuals that had calendar calculating abilities. The idea was […]
Los factores geneticos y ambientales en el autismo
¿Cuánto de una condición puede ser explicada en su totalidad por factores ambientales y cuánto puede explicarse por factores genéticos? Esta ha sido una polémica obsoleta dentro de las ciencias […]
