Proposed toxic and hypoxic impairment of a brainstem locus in autism

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6955-7000

  McGinnis, Woody R ^a   Audhya, Tapan ^b   Edelson, Stephen M ^a  

^a Autism Research Institute   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Autism; Autonomic; Baroreflex; Blood brain barrier; Hypoxia; Neurons; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Perfusion; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; MERCURY; NEUROTOXIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; SUCCIMER; ZINC;

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGY; TOXIN;

ACUPRESSURE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HYPOXIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; URINARY EXCRETION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS REFLEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANOXIA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROTOXINS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 84890452999     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10126955     Document Type: Article

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