Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- I: CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS -- 1 The Epidemiology of Pervasive Developmental Disorders -- 2 Size of the Head and Brain in Autism: Clue to Underlying Biologic Mechanisms? -- 3 The Autistic Mind -- 4 Language and Communication Disorders in Autism Spectrum Disorders -- 5 Memory and Executive Functions in Autism -- 6 The Vagus: A Mediator of Behavioral and Physiologic Features Associated with Autism -- 7 Approaches to Psychopharmacology -- 8 Gastrointestinal Issues Encountered in Autism -- II: NEUROANATOMIC INVESTIGATIONS -- 9 Structural Brain Anatomy in Autism: What Is the Evidence? -- 10 The Brainstem in Autism -- 11 Myelin and Autism -- 12 Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Autism -- 13 The Orbitofrontal-Amygdala System in Nonhuman Primates: Function, Development, and Early Insult -- 14 An Animal Model of Virus-Induced Autism: Borna Disease Virus Infection of the Neonatal Rat -- III: GENETIC INITIATIVES -- 15 Gene Expression in Autism -- 16 Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Autism -- 17 Chromosome 15 and Autism -- 18 Chromosome 7 -- 19 Fragile X Syndrome -- 20 Autism and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex -- 21 The Roles of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in Autism: From Behavior and Pharmacotherapy to Genetics -- IV: NEUROBIOLOGIC RESEARCH -- 22 Serotonin in Autism -- 23 The GABAergic System in Autism -- 24 The Cholinergic System in Autism -- 25 The Role of Reelin in Autism -- 26 Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Dopamine in Autism -- 27 The Immune System -- Epilogue -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.