Autism Studies and Related Medical Conditions, January 2009 - TACA

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Michigan Hospital,
Ann Arbor 48109-0390.
Publication Types:
Case Reports
PMID: 1592760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Dev Med Child Neurol. 1991 Oct;33(10):920-4.
Autistic syndrome with onset at age 31 years: herpes encephalitis as a possible
model for childhood autism.
Gillberg IC.
Department of Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
The author describes a previously healthy man who contracted herpes encephalitis
at the age of 31 years, and over the following months developed all the symptoms
considered diagnostic of autism. This case report casts doubt on the notion of
autism as an exclusively developmental disorder. It is suggested that temporal
lobe damage may cause autism in some cases.
Publication Types:
Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PMID: 1743418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Nov;36(9):686-92.
Autism: its primary psychological and neurological deficit.
Fotheringham JB.
Department of Psychiatry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Autism is a perplexing condition because of its unique presenting signs and high
degree of variability. Evidence is presented that the basic underlying
information processing disorder is a dysfunction of the appreciation of the
emotional significance of incoming stimuli and attaching motivational value to
the stimuli. It is proposed that this dysfunction occurs when the amygdaloid
nucleus and/or its connections are disrupted, resulting in the variability of the
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