Last Updated: July 16, 2003
Abnormal Serotonin Synthesis and GABAA Receptors Measure with Pet in Autistic Children">
Learning about Neurons...It's a Synapse
The Serotonin System in Autism
The Biological Basis of Mental Illness
Abnormal Serotonin Synthesis in Autism
The Extreme Male Brain Theory by Simon Baron-Cohen
Serotonin
Dopaminergic Mechanisms in Depression and Mania
Autism Linked to Abnormal Serotonin Synthesis
Serotonin Deficiency Syndrome: The L-Tryptophan Alternative
THE DOPAMINE D2 RECEPTOR AS A CANDIDATE GENE FOR ALCOHOLISM
Serotonin and Depression
The Causes (Etiology) of Mood Disorders
Beyond the Catecholamine Theory of Mood
How is our brain affected in stressful situations? Good intro to neurotransmitters
Brain buzz that proves Chinese is harder to learn than English [Different sides of brain function for different languages], from The Guardian Monday June 30, 2003
Brain Cells Seen Recycling Rapidly To Speed Communications, from The National Institute of Mental Health
Many Pregnant Women May Have Depression, But Few Getting Treatment
Symptoms may pose risk to fetus, raise chance of post-partum depression, from Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 12, No. 4, May, 2003
Regional Cerebral Metabolism and Treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorders, from Psychiatric Times May 2003
References for Dopamine
Genetics and Biomarkers
ABSTRACT: Disease susceptibility genes for autism, from Ann Med. 2003;35(4):274-81
The Genetics of Childhood Disorders: Serotonin and Autism, from J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry,41:12,1513-1516 December 2002
Genetics of Childhood Disorders: Autism and Neural Foundations, from J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry,41:12,1513-1516 December 2002
Genetics of Childhood Disorders: The Genetics of Autism, from J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry,41:12,1513-1516 December 2002
Genetics of Childhood Disorders: Autism: Duplication an dINherited Susepibility of Chromosome 15q11-q13 Genes in Autism, from J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry,41:12,1513-1516 December 2002
ABSTRACT: The neurobiology of autism: new pieces of the puzzle, from Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2003 Mar;3(2):149-56
Drinking and Drug Abuse in the Genes
ABSTRACT: Genetic and neurological evaluation in a sample of individuals with pervasive developmental disorders
ABSTRACT: Mutations of the X-linked genes encoding neuroligins NLGN3 and NLGN4 are associated with autism, from Nat Genet. 2003 May;34(1):27-9
ABSTRACT: The genetics of pediatric-onset bipolar disorder, from Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Jun 1;53(11):970-7
Doctor Issued Patent on Biomarker Linking Autism, ADD and ADHD
Patent for Discovering New Way to Reach Brain Cells with Drugs
New Genetic 'Fishing Net' Harvests Elusive Autism Gene
The Origins of Autism
International Team Wraps Up Chromosome 7
Autism Advance: Mutated genes disrupt nerve cell proteins
Shyness Gene Discovered
ABSTRACT: Genetic and neurological evaluation in a sample of individuals with pervasive developmental disorders
ABSTRACT: Parents and collateral relatives of children with pervasive developmental disorders: a family history study, from Am J Med Genet. 1995 Aug 14;60(4):282-9
ABSTRACT: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder: review of genetic association studies, from Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 2003;40(1):57-66
Clinical And Familial Feature Differences Between Bipolar II And Unipolar Depression Not Related To Age, from Journal of Affective Disorders
The Neurology of Autism
ABSTRACT: Autism and auditory brain stem responses, from Ear Hear. 2003 Jun;24(3):206-14
ABSTRACT: Motor performance and anatomic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the basal ganglia in autism, from J Child Neurol. 2003 May;18(5):317-24
THE OCD SPECTRUM: FROM AUTISM TO PROBLEM GAMBLING from Neuropsychiatry Review
ABSTRACT: Mismatch negativity in socially withdrawn children, from Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Jul 1;54(1):17-24
Neurobiology: General
ABSTRACT: Evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow changes in panic disorder with Tc99m-HMPAO SPECT, from : Psychiatry Res. 2003 Jun 30;123(2):135-43
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