2003 UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Summer Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders presents Randi J. Hagerman, M.D., F.A.A.P. discussing advances at the molecular and behavioral levels and features that they have in common as well as differences in regards to Fragile X gene and autism. Series: M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders [2/2004] [Health and Medicine] [...]
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Uta Frith is Professor in Cognitive Development at the University of London. She has proposed and tested two of the main theories of autism, mindblindness and central coherence. Behavioral studies over the last twenty years have shown that mentalizing is severely delayed or absent in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Series: “M.I.N.D. Institute Lecture Series [...]
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Dr. Arthur Beaudet explores the role of epigenetics in human disease with particular emphasis on genomic imprinting and its role in autism. Series: “MIND Institute Lecture Duration : 0:58:51 addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fversprill.com%2F290%2Fa-model-for-autism%2F’; addthis_title = ‘A+Model+for+Autism’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: autism, disease, genome, health, human, neurology
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders relies largely on behavioral and developmental characteristics. While subtypes within this disorder have been explored for many years, the boundaries between strictly defined autism and other autism spectrum disorders remain ill-defined. Tony Charman outlines attempts to identify meaningful subgroups that might aid scientific inquiry into autism. Series: “MIND Institute Lecture [...]
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Mercury Toxicity & Autism Part 3 Dr. Boyd Haley is a professor and chair of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky. In this interview, Dr. Haley discusses mercury toxicity as a causal factor in Autism. He also discusses the two primary sources of mercury toxicity: vaccines & dental amalgams. Source: FAIR Autism Media [...]
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