Does fever relieve autistic behavior by improving brain blood flow?

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-67

  Good, Peter ^a  

^a Autism Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

AUTISM; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LETTER; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEVER; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79951671577     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-011-9157-y     Document Type: Letter

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