Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease and its potential as therapeutic target

Q Wang, Y Liu, J Zhou - Translational neurodegeneration, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common age-associated
neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons and …

Behavioral, perceptual, and neural alterations in sensory and multisensory function in autism spectrum disorder

SH Baum, RA Stevenson, MT Wallace - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Absence of CNTNAP2 leads to epilepsy, neuronal migration abnormalities, and core autism-related deficits

O Peñagarikano, BS Abrahams, EI Herman… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Although many genes predisposing to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been
identified, the biological mechanism (s) remain unclear. Mouse models based on human …

Autism as a neural systems disorder: a theory of frontal-posterior underconnectivity

MA Just, TA Keller, VL Malave, RK Kana… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The underconnectivity theory of autism attributes the disorder to lower anatomical and
functional systems connectivity between frontal and more posterior cortical processing. Here …

Global processing takes time: A meta-analysis on local–global visual processing in ASD.

R Van der Hallen, K Evers, K Brewaeys… - Psychological …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
What does an individual with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) perceive first: the forest or the
trees? In spite of 30 years of research and influential theories like the weak central …

Developmental trajectories in children with and without autism spectrum disorders: the first 3 years

RJ Landa, AL Gross, EA Stuart, A Faherty - Child development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Retrospective studies indicate 2 major classes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) onset:
early and later, after a period of relatively healthy development. This prospective …

The implications of brain connectivity in the neuropsychology of autism

JO Maximo, EJ Cadena, RK Kana - Neuropsychology review, 2014 - Springer
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been associated with atypical brain
functioning. Functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) studies examining neural networks in …

Functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging classification of autism

JS Anderson, JA Nielsen, AL Froehlich, MB DuBray… - Brain, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Group differences in resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging connectivity
between individuals with autism and typically develo** controls have been widely …

Underconnected, but how? A survey of functional connectivity MRI studies in autism spectrum disorders

RA Müller, P Shih, B Keehn, JR Deyoe… - Cerebral …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Growing consensus suggests that autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with
atypical brain networks, thus shifting the focus to the study of connectivity. Many functional …

Brain connectivity and high functioning autism: a promising path of research that needs refined models, methodological convergence, and stronger behavioral links

ME Vissers, MX Cohen, HM Geurts - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2012 - Elsevier
Here we review findings from studies investigating functional and structural brain
connectivity in high functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The …