Focal brain inflammation and autism

Journal of Neuroinflammation

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Theoharides, Theoharis C ^a,b   Asadi, Shahrzad ^a,b   Patel, Arti B ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CITALOPRAM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEOLIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; METHYLPHENIDATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTENSIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RAPAMYCIN; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGGRESSION; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FOOD ALLERGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAST CELL; MENTAL STRESS; MICROGLIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PTEN GENE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

EID: 84875891902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17422094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-10-46     Document Type: Review

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