The neurobiology of autism

Brain Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-447

  Pardo, Carlos A ^a,b   Eberhart, Charles G ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pathology Bldg 627 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; REELIN; SCATTER FACTOR; SEROTONIN;

AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYNAPSE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 35148839591     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2007.00102.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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