V.1. Setting the scene : introductory chapters. Perinatal and neonatal complications in autism etiology / Hannah Gardener and Kristen Lyall
Genetics of autism spectrum disorder : experience in developing countries / Allal Ouhtit, Yahya M. Al-Farsi, Ishita Gupta, Mostafa I. Waly, and Marwan M. Al-Sharbati
Anatomical and functional connectivity in autism spectrum disorders / Ralph-Axel Müller
Endophenotypes in autism spectrum disorders / Antonio Maria Persico and Roberto Sacco
Intensive behavioral intervention and family psychological adjustment in autism / Corinna F. Grindle and Bob Remington
Early and intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) in autism / Lars Klintwall and Svein Eikeseth
Health care quality for children : the position of autism spectrum disorder / Christina D. Bethell, Olivia Lindly, Michael Kogan, and Katharine Zuckerman
Family burden of raising a child with ASD / Guillermo Montes and Marie Cianca
Parenting and autism spectrum disorders / Phil Reed and Lisa A. Osborne
Chronic parenting stress in mothers of adolescents and adults with autism : vulnerability and resilience / Erin T. Barker, Marsha R. Mailick, and Leann E. Smith
Quality of life in caregivers of children with ASD / Sabrin Rizk, Kris Pizur-Barnekow, and Amy R. Darragh
Peers' knowledge about and attitudes towards students with autism spectrum disorders / Jonathan M. Campbell and Brian D. Barger
Autism and schizophrenia in adults : clinical considerations on comorbidity and differential diagnosis / Lena Nylander
Diagnosing autism spectrum disorders. Diagnosing autism with checklist for autism spectrum disorder (CASD) / Susan Mayes
Autism observation scale for infants / Susan E. Bryson and Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Pediatric screening of autism spectrum disorders / Judith S. Miller, Juhi Pandey, and Leandra N. Berry
Electroencephalograms in diagnosis of autism / Mehran Ahmadlou and Hojjat Adeli
Autism diagnostic observation schedule (ADOS) and its uses in research and practice / Sarah Hurwitz and Nurit Yirmiya
Resolution with diagnosis among parents of children with ASD / Nurit Yirmiya, Ifat Seidman, Nina Koren-Karie, and David Oppenheim
Assessing adults with normal intelligence for ASD / Jonna M. Eriksson, Lisa M. J. Andersen, and Susanne Bejerot
PDD behavior inventories : clinical and research applications to ASD / Ira L. Cohen
Clinical applications of robots in autism spectrum disorder diagnosis and treatment / Joshua J. Diehl, Charles R. Crowell, Michael Villano, Kristin Wier, Karen Tang, and Laurel D. Riek
Behavioral issues in autism spectrum disorders. Physical activity and sedentary lifestyle in autism / Amir Hossein Memari and Banafsheh Ghaheri
Rationale for neurofeedback training in children with autism / Jaime A. Pineda, Ashley Juavinett, and Michael Datko
Behavioral interventions for aggressive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders / Olive Healy, Sinead Lydon, Jennifer Holloway, and Martina Dwyer
Functional behavior assessments in evaluating individuals with autism spectrum disorders / Laura Baylot Casey and J. Brian Smith
Referential gaze and word mapping in autism spectrum disorders / Hironori Akechi and Harumi Kobayashi
Toe walking in autism / Pasquale J. Accardo, Eugenio Monasterio, and Donald Oswald
Pragmatic language in autism : an overview / Yan Grace Lam
Symbolic play in children with autism / Yan Grace Lam
Sexuality and ASD : current state of research / Laura Gilmour, Veronica Smith, and Melike Schalomon
Psychosis and disorganized behavior in adults with autism and intellectual disability : case identification and staff-patient interaction / Trine Lise Bakken
Anxiety in individuals with ASD : prevalence, phenomenology, etiology, assessment, and interventions / Francisca Johanna Arnoldina van Steensel, Susan Maria Bögels, Iliana Magiati, and Sean Perrin
Syndrome-specific impact on parental well-being : autism compared / Sasha M. Zeedyk, Shana R. Cohen, and Jan Blacher
Verbal and visual metaphor comprehension in autism / Nira Mashal and Anat Kasirer
Communality between obsessive compulsive disorder and autism spectrum disorders / Susanne Bejerot, Abraham Weizman, and Ruth Gross-Isseroff


V.2. Neurophysiology and neuropathology in autism spectrum disorders. Dynamic brain changes in autism : review of telencephalic structures / Efrain C. Azmitia and Allyson Impallomeni
Hyperserotonemia in autism : 5HT-regulating proteins / Dubravka Hranilovic and Sofia Blazevic
Neurotrophic factors in autism spectrum disorders / Thomas Nickl-Jockschat
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in autism spectrum disorders : therapeutic implications / Stephen I. Deutsch, Barbara L. Schwartz, Maria R. Urbano, Jessica A. Burket, Andrew D. Benson, and Amy L. Herndon
GABAergic neuromarkers and the autistic brain / Gene J. Blatt
Electrophysiology of visual and auditory perception in autism spectrum disorders / Takao Yamasaki, Toshihiko Maekawa, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Takako Fujita, Yoko Kamio, and Shozo Tobimatsu
Motor functioning in autism spectrum disorders / Nicole Papadopoulos, Nicole Rinehart, John Bradshaw, Jennifer McGinley, and Peter Enticott
Neurobeachin gene in autism / John W. M. Creemers, Kim Nuytens, and Krizia Tuand
Cerebellum and the psychopathology of autism and asperger's disorder / Beth Johnson, Chloe Stanley-Cary, Joanne Fielding, Nicole Rinehart, and Nicole Papadopoulos
Neurobiological correlates of classical and quantum neural information processing from the perspective of autism / Antonio Cassella
Neuroimaging and structure in autism spectrum disorders. Introduction to neuroimaging research in autism spectrum disorders / Naama Barnea-Goraly and Matthew J. Marzelli
Developmental trajectory of white matter and connectivity maturation in autism / Paola Mengotti and Paolo Brambilla
Single-photon emission computed tomography and electroencephalography findings in children with autism spectrum disorders / Masayuki Sasaki
Imaging and the corpus callosum in patients with autism / Manuel F. Casanova, Brynn Dombroski, and Andrew E. Switala
Imaging the neural correlates of behavioral and cognitive shifts in autism / Aysenil Belger, Kimberly L. H. Carpenter, and Sarah E. Schipul
Learning issues in autism spectrum disorders. Joint attention training in children with autism / James Meindl
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children with autism spectrum disorders / Kevin M. Antshel and Bridget O. Hier
Reading and text comprehension skills in school-age children with autism spectrum disorders / Jakob Åsberg Johnels
Teaching children with autism to recognize faces / Buyun Xu and James W. Tanaka
Early language acquisition in autism spectrum disorders : a developmental view / Lauren B. Adamson, Maryann Romski, and Andrea Barton-Hulsey
Augmentative and alternative communication solutions and autism / Margaret Lubas, Jennifer R. Mitchell, and Gianluca De Leo
Social and community issues in autism spectrum disorders. Social competence impairments in autism spectrum disorders / Gregory Chasson and Sara R. Jarosiewicz
Adaptive social abilities in autism / So Hyun Kim, Vanessa Hus Bal, and Catherine Lord
Social skills deficits in children with autism spectrum disorders : evidence based interventions / Jennifer Holloway, Olive Healy, Martina Dwyer, and Sinead Lydon
Service use among young children with autism spectrum disorders / Dwight Irvin, Elena Patten, and Brian Boyd
Psychophysiological arousal to social stress in autism spectrum disorders / Todd P. Levine, Elisabeth Conradt, Matthew S. Goodwin, Stephen J. Sheinkopf, and Barry Lester
Health care and services for individuals with ASDs : disparities and transitions / Helen M. Johnson and Todd P. Levine
Psychological roots of social and linguistic deficiencies in autism and the distinction between classical and quantum neural computing / Antonio Cassella


V.3. Biochemical aspects in autism spectrum disorders. Receptor/regulatory molecules pattern changes : caspases in autism spectrum disorders / Dario Siniscalco, Nicola Antonucci, Sabatino Maione, and Laura de Magistris
Lipid signalling in the pathology of autism spectrum disorders / Christine Wong and Dorota Anna Crawford
Dysregulation of neurogenic calcium signaling and autism / J. Jay Gargus and Galina Schmunk
Treatment of elevated male Hormones in autism / Mark Geier, Janet K. Kern, Paul G. King, Lisa Sykes and David A. Geier
Urinary porphyrins in autism spectrum disorders / Janet K. Kern, David A. Geier, Lisa Sykes, and Mark Geier
Urinary p-cresol in ASD / Antonio Maria Persico and Valerio Napolioni
Principal factors and contributing mechanisms in the pathophysiology of autism. Prematurity and Autism Spectrum Disorders / Maya Yaari, Smadar Eventov-Freidman, David Mankuta, Benjamin Bar-Oz, and Nurit Yirmiya
Redox/methylation theory and autism / Richard Deth, Malav S. Trivedi, Nathaniel W. Hodgson, Christina R. Muratore, and Mostafa I. Waly
Mercury induced autism / Mark Geier, Janet K. Kern, Paul G. King, Lisa Sykes and David A. Geier
Autism and dia1 family : cellular secretory pathway / Azhari Aziz, Tal Karmi, and Naomi Bishop
Cortical underconnectivity hypothesis in autism : evidence from functional connectivity MRI / Jeffrey S. Anderson
Developmental regression in autism spectrum disorders : implications for clinical outcomes / Brian D. Barger and Jonathan M. Campbell
Assisted reproductive technology in autism spectrum disorders / Takafumi Shimada and Tsukasa Sasaki
Parental age, birth weight, and autism spectrum disorders / Esther Ben-Itzchak and Ditza A. Zachor
Autism and increased paternal age / Mark D. Alter and Addie May Nesbitt
Hypo-phosphorylation of salivary peptidome as indicator of molecular pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders / Massimo Castagnola, Irene Messana, Tiziana Cabras, Federica Iavarone, Chiara Fanali, Anna Maria Pecoraro, Alessandra Morelli, Giovanni Neri, Maria Giulia Torrioli, and Fiorella Gurrieri
Immunology and autism spectrum disorders. Immunotoxicity in autism spectrum disorders / Jamie DeWitt and Rodney R. Dietert
Autism spectrum disorders and aluminum vaccine adjuvants / Lucija Tomljenovic, Russell L. Blaylock, and Christopher A. Shaw
Altered immune function associated with neurophysiological abnormalities and executive function deficits in children with autism / Yvonne Ming Yee Han, Mei-chun Cheung, Sophia L. Sze and Agnes Sui Yin Chan
Autism spectrum disorders and circulating chemokines / Morsi Abdallah, Tanja Michel, and Laszlo Kohidai
Genetics and molecular aspects of autism spectrum disorders. Autism and schizophrenia : genetic and phenotypic relationships / Jacob A. S. Vorstman and J. Peter H. Burbach
UPF3B gene and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in autism spectrum disorders / Frederic Laumonnier, Lam Son Nguyen, Lachlan Jolly, Martine Raynaud, and Jozef Gecz
Nuclear and mitochondrial genome defects in autism : genomic instability and impact of epigenetic and environmental factors / Moyra Smith
Autism spectrum disorders in tuberous sclerosis / Kristina Julich and Mustafa Sahin
Phenotypic variation in autism spectrum disorder : insights from syndromic forms of autism / Naomi Bishop, Azhari Aziz, and Christian Barth
Models for studying autism spectrum disorders. Genetic modeling and neurobehavioral disorders : Focus on Autism / Bianca De Filippis, Emilia Romano, and Giovanni Laviola
Propionic Acid Animal Model of Autism / Sandy R. Shultz and Derrick F. MacFabe
Prenatal Exposure to Valproate in Animals and Autism / Victorio Bambini-Junior, Diego Baronio, Janine MacKenzie, Geancarlo Zanatta, Rudimar dos Santos Riesgo, and Carmem Gottfried
Neural Dynamics of Autistic Behaviors: Learning, Recognition, Attention, Emotion, Timing, and Social Cognition / Stephen Grossberg
Integrating Pathogenic Models of Autism: Pathway and Network Analysis / Christian Barth, Azhari Aziz, and Naomi Bishop


V.4. Asperger's syndrome. Clinical characterization of adults with asperger's syndrome / C. Kanai, M. Tani, and N. Kato
Facial expression decoding in autistic and asperger children / Simona Amenta, Chiara Ferrari, and Michela Balconi
White matter brain structure in asperger's syndrome / Esther D. A. van Duin, Janneke Zinkstok, Grainne McAlonan, and Therese van Amelsvoort
Autism and asperger syndrome : language use / Jessica de Villiers, Peter Szatmari, and Susan Yang
Diet and nutrition in autism spectrum disorders. Overweight and obesity epidemic : weight status in individuals with autism / Amir Hossein Memari and Vahid Ziaee
Assessment and treatment of feeding problems among children with autism spectrum disorders / Keith E. Williams and Laura Seiverling
ASD and food allergy / Harumi Jyonouchi
ASD, eating problems, and overlap with anorexia and bulimia nervosa / Maria Rastam and Elisabet Wentz
Gastrointestinal disorders and autism / Antonia Parmeggiani
Intestinal barrier in autism / Laura de Magistris, Annarita Picardi, Anna Sapone, Rita Cariello, Dario Siniscalco, Carmela Bravaccio, and Antonio Pascotto
Sensory sensitivity and food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders / Sharon A. Cermak, Carol Curtin, and Linda Bandini
Dietary diversity in children with autism / William G. Sharp, Rashelle C. Berry, Barbara O. McElhanon, and David L. Jaquess
Treatments in autism spectrum disorders : non pharmacological. Educational interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorders / Svein Eikeseth and Lars Klintwall
Virtual reality as treatment tool for children with autism / Michelle Wang and Evdokia Anagnostou
Strategies for treatment of autistic dental patients / Robert E. Rada
Treatment of working memory in autism / Jonathan Tarbox and Angela Persicke
Computer interventions for ASD / Veronica Smith and Andrew Sung
Complementary and alternative medicine for autism / Tae-Hun Kim, Myeong Soo Lee, Jiae Choi, and Edzard Ernst
Acupuncture in autism spectrum disorders / Virginia C. N. Wong, Vanessa L. Y. Chu, and Daniel K. L. Cheuk
Autism spectrum disorders and massage therapy / Myeong Soo Lee, Ju Ah Lee, Tae-Yong Park, and Byung-Cheul Shin
Behavioral treatment of stereotypic behavior in children with autism / Florence D. DiGennaro Reed, Jason M. Hirst, and Sarah R. Jenkins
Social story interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders / Anastasia Kokina and Louise A. Kaczmarek
Autism, parents, and treatments for their children / Kimberly A. Schreck
Occupational therapy for children with autism / Sylvia Rodger and Helene J. Polatajko
Treatments in autism : pharmacological and active agents. Reducing aggression in ASD with combined medication and behavioral therapy / Thomas W. Frazier, Rebecca Embacher, and Allison Frazier
Chinese chan-based prospective neuropsychological intervention for autistic children / Agnes Sui Yin Chan, Yvonne Ming Yee Han, and Mei-chun Cheung
Aripiprazole use in ASD / Adelaide S. Robb and Sinan O. Turnacioglu
Clozapine use in autism spectrum disorders / Olivier Guillin
Melatonin use in autism spectrum disorders / Sheila J. Asghar and Beth A. Malow
Cholesterol use in autism treatment / Andrea Diaz-Stransky and Elaine Tierney
Omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder / Robert H. Belmaker and Gal Meiri


V.5. International aspects and ethnicity of autism spectrum disorders. Identification of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in Africa : need for shifting research and public health focus / Mashudat A. Bello-Mojeed, Muideen Owolabi Bakare and Kerim Munir
Autism in the African American population / Ruby M. Gourdine and Carl L. Algood
Autism spectrum disorders in Mexico / Antonio Bravo Oro, Carmen Esmer, and Marı́a Elena Navarro-Calvillo
Autism spectrum disorders : perspective from Pakistan / Nazish Imran and Muhammad Waqar Azeem
Autism : challenge in Nepal / Autism: Challenge in Nepal
Autism spectrum disorders in developing countries : lessons from the Arab world / Ghada R. A. Taha and Hanan Hussein
Autism as viewed by French parents / Brigitte Chamak and Béatrice Bonniau
Behavior analysis and intervention for children with ASD at TOHUM : Turkish perspectives / Binyamin Birkan
Early diagnosis of ASD in toddlers and school children : community studies and national surveys in Japan / Yoko Kamio and Naoko Inada
Rett Syndrome. Defining and diagnosing Rett syndrome : correlating symptoms and pathogenesis with Autism / Alan K. Percy, Chris Chapleau, Jane B. Lane, and Lucas Pozzo-Miller
Epilepsy in Rett Syndrome / Ana Roche-Martinez, Judith Armstrong Morón, Francesc X. Sanmartı́ Vilaplana, Itziar Alonso Colmenero, Oscar Sans Capdevila, and Mercé Pineda Marfa
Biomarkers of lipid oxidative damage in Rett syndrome / Claudio De Felice, Cinzia Signorini, Silvia Leoncini, Alessandra Pecorelli, Thierry Durand, Jean-Marie Galano, Camille Oger, Valérie Bultel-Poncé, Giuseppe Valacchi, Lucia Ciccoli, and Joussef Hayek
Neuroprostanes and neurological severity in Rett syndrome / Claudio De Felice, Silvia Leoncini, Cinzia Signorini, Alessandra Pecorelli, Thierry Durand, Jean-Marie Galano, Alexandre Guy, Giuseppe Valacchi, Lucia Ciccoli, and Joussef Hayek
Rett syndrome and sleep / Nicolas Deconinck and Mouna Al Husni Al Keilani
4HNE protein adducts in autistic spectrum disorders : Rett Syndrome and autism / Giuseppe Valacchi, Alessandra Pecorelli, Cinzia Signorini, Silvia Leoncini, Lucia Ciccoli, Claudio De Felice, and Joussef Hayek
Communication skills in girls with Rett syndrome / Theresa Bartolotta
Auditory brainstem response in Rett syndrome / Joseph P. Pillion
Modeling Rett syndrome with MeCP2 T158A knockin mice / Zhaolan Zhou and Darren Goffin
Fragile X. Fragile X syndrome and autism / Faraz Farzin and Kami Koldewyn
Prevalence studies on Fragile X alleles in autism / Laia Rodriguez-Revenga, Irene Madrigal, and Montserrat Mila
Medication management of Fragile X syndrome / Craig A. Erickson, Logan K. Wink, Tori L. Schaefer, and Rebecca C. Shaffer
Methods, approaches, procedures and techniques in autism spectrum disorders. Autistic behavior checklist (ABC) and its applications / Antonio Bravo Oro, Marı́a Elena Navarro-Calvillo, and Carmen Esmer
Assessment of co-occurring emotional and behavioral disorders in youth with ASD using the child behavior checklist 6-18 / Vincent Pandolfi and Caroline I. Magyar
Modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT) : validation and correlates in infancy / Kristyn Wright and Diane Poulin-Dubois
Portable data assistants for data collection in autism treatment / Seth Whiting and Mark Dixon
Autism : comparative genomics and interactomics / Christian Barth and Naomi Bishop
Functional behavior assessments for challenging behavior in autism / Olive Healy and Denise Brett
Altered brain development : delay in emergence of self-representation in children with ASD / Dennis P. Carmody.