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 […]
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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 […]
Abdominal Pains and Migraine in Autism
About 17 years ago, when I acquired a personal interest in autism, the link to abdominal symptoms was mentioned in the literature but readily dismissed as coincidental. Throughout the years […]
Wendy Lawson on Attention
The following are some comments on attention by my good friend Wendy Lawson. You can find more about Wendy from her web site: http://www.mugsy.org/wendy/ Sweet Wendy Lawson: psychologist, educator, mother, […]
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. […]
Of Mice and Men: Complications of Animal Models in Autism Research
A couple of years ago while at an IMFAR meeting I happened to attend a lecture on animal models in autism. The lecturer, a distinguished neuroscientist, made a point that […]
Cortical Chauvinism 