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Studying the structure of both individual brain cells and entire brain structure to understand the mystery of autism. |
| Comprehensive Analysis of Regional and Microstructural Differences in Autism" and "Laminar Organization and Gene Expression Profiling in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Autism" Eric Courchesne, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, University of California at San Diego. 2007. ABSTRACT |
| "Comprehensive Analysis of Regional Microstructural Differences in Autism." PI: Eric Courchesne, PhD, UCSD, CA. 2006. ABSTRACT |
| "The organization of pyramidal cell dendrites within the cerebral cortex in autism." Paul Gabbott and Payam Rezaie. Department of Biological Sciences, Neuropathology Research Laboratory, The Open University, United Kingdom. 2006. |
| "Histopathologic Analysis of Neuronal Fiber Pathways in Autism." Thomas Conturo. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine. 2006. |
| "Organization of the Auditory Brainstem in Autism Spectrum Disorders." Randy Kulesza. Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA. 2006 |
| "Examining alterations in cortical neuronal subpopulations and synaptic proteins in autism." conducted by Payam Rezaie, Ph.D., Open University, London. 2005. |
| "Relating Autism to the Structure of Neocortical Minicolumns." Manuel Casanova, M.D., Medical College of Georgia. 2002. ABSTRACT |
| "Stereological Analysis of the Cerebellum, Cerebrum and Corpus Callosum in Autism." Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego. 2002. |
| "Clinicopathological Correlation in Autism." Co-PIs: Christoph Schmitz, University of Aachen, M.D., Germany and Jerzy Wegiel, Ph.D., Institute for Basic Research, NY. 2002. ABSTRACT |
| "A Microscopic Study on the Neuroanatomical Abnormalities of Language-related Cortical Areas in Autistic Patients." Jorge Prieto, M.D., Ph.D., University de Miguel Hernandez, Spain. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "Post-Mortem Neuroanatomical Evaluation of the Amygdaloid Complex in Autism." David G. Amaral, Ph.D., University of California, Davis. 2000. ABSTRACT ABSTRACT |
| "X Inactivation in Males and Females with Autism." Roger Stevenson, M.D., Greenwood Genetic Center, South Carolina. 2001. |
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How genes and the environment contribute to thecause of autism spectrum disorders |
| "Alternative Splicing of Brain Methionine Synthase in Autism" Richard Deth, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Northeastern University. 2007. ABSTRACT |
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How changes in gene function occur without a change in DNA sequence. This area of research is reshaping the way scientists are looking at genetics. |
| "Testing a Mixed Epigenetic/Genetic and De Novo (MEGDI) Model for Aurism" Arthur Beaudet, MD, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine. 2007 ABSTRACT |
| "Genome-wide profiling of methylation patterns in autism." Simon Gregory. The Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, NC. 2006. ABSTRACT |
| "MeCP2 mutations on DLX5 in Rett and Autism." PI: Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, CA. 2006. |
| "Epigenetic Alteration and Autism Susceptibility." H-Y Jiang, M.D., PH.D., Baylor College of Medicine, TX. 2002. ABSTRACT |
"Chromatin Modifications in Human Cerebral Cortex. Implications in Autism." Schahram Akbarian, M.D., University of Massachusetts, MA. 2002.
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| "The Role of MeCP2 in Autism Spectrum Disorders." PI: Janine LaSalle, Ph.D., UC Davis School of Medicine, California. 2002. ABSTRACT |
| "Further Identification of Differential Gene Expression in Autism Brain Tissue." Jonathan Pevsner, Ph.D., Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Maryland. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "Molecular Characterization of the Autistic Brain." Lap Ho, Ph.D., Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "Gene Expression Profiling of Autism: Alterations in Temporal Lobe Profiles." Scott Hemby, Ph.D., Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. 2000. ABSTRACT |
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How genes work to build circuits necessary for proper brain function. |
| "Brain-specific profiling of miRNAs that regulate expression of synaptic plasticity proteins in autism spectrum disorders." Kawther Abu-Elneel. Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. 2006. |
| "Ca(v)1.2 "Parallel analysis of gene expression and gene copy number in brains of autistic patients." PI: Antonio Persico, M.D., Campus Bio-Medico, Rome. 2006. |
| "Activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway in human autism." PI: C. H. Kwon, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. 2006. |
| "Glutamatergic (VGLUT1) neurons and terminals in autism." Catalina Betancur, M.D., Ph.D., U. of Paris XII, France. 2005. |
| "Engrailed 2(EN2) or (CAPON) splice variants and mRNA/protein in brain tissue" Linda Brzustowicz, M.D., Rutgers University, NJ. 2005. ABSTRACT ABSTRACT |
| "Analysis of AUTS2 gene (7q21) and SLC24A12/AGC1 gene (2q24-33) in brain tissue." Michel Simonneau, M.D., Ph.D. INSERM (Paris), France. 2005. |
| "Calcium Channel & Timothy Syndrome." Igor Splawski, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School, Boston. 2004. |
| "Quantitative variation of sodium channel gene expression in autism brain." Miriam Meisler, Ph.D., University of Michigan. 2002. ABSTRACT |
| "Characterization of Genes Involved in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders." Jeanette Holden, Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. 2001. ABSTRACT |
| "Alterations in brain mRNA expression in autism determined by gene microarray technology." Rajan, Ph.D., Psychiatric Genomics, Gaithersburg, MD. 2001. ABSTRACT |
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| "Analysis of the primate-specific interlaminar astroglia in the cerebral cortex of autistic cases." PI. Jorge A. Colombo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2006. |
| "Assessment of the glial response within cerebral cortex in autism." Payam Rezaie. Biological Sciences, Neuropathology Research Laboratory, The Open University, United Kingdom. 2006. |
| "Microglial Activation in Autism." Andrew Zimmerman, M.D., Kennedy Krieger Institute, Maryland. 2002. ABSTRACT ABSTRACT |
| "Structure of Cortical Layering, Cell Density, and Synaptic Spine Density in Individuals with Autism." Jeffrey Hutsler, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2001. ABSTRACT |
| "Neurobiology of the Limbic System in Autism." Margaret Bauman, M.D., Boston University, MA. 2001. ABSTRACT |
| "Neurochemical Studies on Infantile Autism." Raju Pullarkat, Ph.D., Inst for Basic Research in Develop. Dis., Staten Island, New York. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "Role of Connectivity in Autism (Synaptogenesis)." Karen Weidenheim, M.D., Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York. 2000. ABSTRACT |
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| "DBNF and 5-HT2 Receptor mRNA in Autistic and Control Brain Tissue." Margaret Fahnestock, Ph.D., McMaster University, Canada. 2002. |
| "Distribution of Central Oxytocin Receptors." Maria Boccia, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 2002. ABSTRACT |
| "Cell Adhesion Molecules in Cerebellum of Autistic Individuals." Omanand Koul, Ph.D., E. K. Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Massachusetts. 2001. ABSTRACT |
| "Growth Factor Expression in Autism." Deborah Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "The Roles of Neuro-Regulatory Proteins Reelin and BCl-2 in Autism." S.H. Fatemi, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. 2000. ABSTRACT |
| "Autism: developmental abnormalities in the cerebellum (NCAM and CD15)." Elizabeth Sajdel-Sulkowska, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, 2000. ABSTRACT |
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Exploring how brain cells communicate and connect with each other |
| "Studies of the Fusiform Face Area, Broca's Area, and Wernicke's Area in Autism" Gene Blatt, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, Boston University. 2007 ABSTRACT |
| "Studies of Neurotransmitter Receptor in the Behavior of Autistic Brain" Ricardo Miledi, MD, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine. 2007. ABSTRACT |
| "Expression of the Calcium-Binding Protein Parvalbumin (PV) and the Autistic Brain" Patrick Gregory, PhD, Unit of anatomy, University of Fribourg. 2007 |
| "mRNA Expression Analyses of Serotonin Transporter (5-HTT) and Serotonin Transporter Related Candidate Genes in Postmortem Brains" Kazuhiko Nakamura, MC, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. 2007. ABSTRACT |
| "Neuroinflammation, the kynurenine pathway, and autism." Michael Vogel. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, MPRC School of Medicine, MD, 2006. |
| "Cholinergic Activities in Autism." Elaine Perry and Mandy Lee, Newcastle General Hospital, United Kingdom. 2001. |
| "Cerebellar and Limbic System Research in Autism (GABA and BZ receptors)." Gene Blatt, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts. 2001 ABSTRACT |
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Expanding the use of multiple resources for scientists to study |
| "S6 Ribosomal Protein Phosphorylation in Autistic Frontal Cortex and Cerebellum: a Tissue Array Analysis." PI: Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Tissue Array Slides with autism, Rett and control tissue were made by Dr. Eberhart at the Johns Hopkins Tissue Array Laboratory. 2004. |
| "Oxidative Stress Responses in Autism" PI: George Perry, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. 2004. |
| "Test for Microglia CD163 and other markers in a Tissue Array." PI: Scott Kulich, M.D., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA. 2004. |
| "Tissue Arrays - Test for Oxidative Damage." Scott Kulich. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA. 2004. |
| "ATP Tissue Microarray I." Charles Eberhart. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland. 2003. |
| "MECP2 binding test of Tissue Array #1." PI: Janine LaSalle, Ph.D., UC Davis School of Medicine, CA. 2002. |
