Autism Studies and Related Medical Conditions, January 2009 - TACA

Schwab JJ.
Publication Types:
Case Reports
Review
PMID: 6761074 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
29: Med Hypotheses. 1984 Apr;13(4):399-405.
Reptilian behavioural patterns in childhood autism.
Thong YH.
Childhood autism may be caused by damage to three phylogenetically distinct
regions of the brain, or their major pathways and connections. Injury to the
neocortex results in loss of language and cognitive function, while injury to the
limbic cortex results in autistic withdrawal and abolition of play behaviour.
Injury to the more primitive striatal complex, mammalian counterpart of the brain
of reptiles, results in a bizarre and truncated form of stereotyped and
ritualistic behaviour. The causes of brain injury in childhood autism could be
those common in the perinatal period including cerebral anoxia, haemorrhage,
phenylketonuria, neurolipidoses , meningitis, toxoplasmosis, and congenital
rubella. All these conditions have previously been shown to be associated with
childhood autism.
PMID: 6727722 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
30: Curr Neurovasc Res. 2006 May;3(2):149-57.
Autoantibodies associated with psychiatric disorders.
Margutti P, Delunardo F, Ortona E.
Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto
Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. ortona@iss.it.
Growing evidence suggests that autoantibodies to neuronal or endothelial targets
in psychiatric disorders exist and may be pathogenic. This review describes and
discusses the possible role of autoantibodies related to the psychiatric
manifestations in autoimmune diseases, autoantibodies related to the psychiatric
disorders present in post-streptococcal diseases, celiac disease, chronic fatigue
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