Is autism a disease of the cerebellum?: An integration of clinical and pre-clinical research

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Rogers, Tiffany D ^a   Mckimm, Eric ^a   Dickson, Price E ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^b   Blaha, Charles D ^a   Mittleman, Guy ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM DEPENDENT ACTIVATOR PROTEIN FOR SECRETION 2; CHLORPYRIFOS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MISOPROSTOL; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; THALIDOMIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ENGRAILED 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BORNA DISEASE VIRUS; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PURKINJE CELL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STEREOTYPY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84876819814     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00015     Document Type: Article

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