| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-271) and index. |
| Summary |
His book is a clearly and accessibly written account of his proposal that environmental poisons, including heavy metals, interact with genetic vulnerability to cause damage to the limbic brain system ... resulting in autism ... This is, overall, a scholarly book providing a possible explanation of autism. It will be of interest to parents as well as professionals.''. - Nature. The increasing number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) cannot simply be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria or greater awareness of the condition. In this controversial new book, Richar. |
| Contents |
Autism, Brain, and Environment; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Introduction to the Problem of Recognition and Diagnosis; Chapter 3 Genetic Contribution to Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Diversity and Insufficiency; Chapter 4 New Phase Autism: Rising Prevalence; Chapter 5 Brain Abnormalities: Focus on the Limbic System; Chapter 6 Limbic Dysfunction Correlates with the Autistic Phenotype; Chapter 7 Environmental Factors, Heavy Metals, and Brain Function. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Autism -- Pathophysiology.
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Autism. |
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Physiology, Pathological. |
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Autism -- Environmental aspects.
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Autistic Disorder. |
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Brain -- physiopathology. |
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Environmental Exposure. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Lathe, Richard, 1952- Autism, brain, and environment. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2006 9781843104384 (DLC) 2006005650 (OCoLC)64314916 |
| ISBN |
9781843104384 |
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1843104385 |
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9781846422539 (electronic book) |
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1846422531 (electronic book) |
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1280738146 |
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9781280738142 |
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