Showing papers by "Richard Lathe published in 2006"
TL;DR: Urinary porphyrin levels were unchanged in Asperger's disorder, distinguishing it from autistic disorder, and environmental toxicity in childhood autistic disorder is implicate.
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TL;DR: In this article, Lathe, R 2004 Icarus 168, 18, 22] and Varga et al. argue for a more distant Moon, proposing LOD = 168 ǫ h.
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: The author examines the impact of environmental factors, heavy metals, and brain function on brain abnormalities, Gut, hormones, immunity, and physiological dysregulation in autism.
Abstract: 1. Introduction. 2. Autism and autism spectrum disorders: the problem of recognition and diagnosis. 3. Genetic contribution to autistic spectrum disorders: diversity and insufficiency. 4. New phase autism: rising prevalence. 5. Brain abnormalities: focus on the limbic brain. 6. Limbic dysfunction correlates with the autistic phenotype. 7. Environmental factors, heavy metals, and brain function. 8. Gut, hormones, immunity: physiological dysregulation in autism. 9. Body and mind: impact of physiological changes on brain and behaviour in ASD. 10. Biomedical Therapy: typing and correction. 11. The Environmental threat: From autism and ADHD to Alzheimer's. Index.
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TL;DR: Evidence for (and against) the apparent rise in autism is summarized and it is concluded that the increase is probably real—pointing to an environmental risk factor so far unknown.
Abstract: EDITOR—The misrepresentations and omissions in Fitzgerald's review of my book demand correction.1 The book overviews evidence for (and against) the apparent rise in autism and concludes that the increase is probably real—pointing to an environmental risk factor so far unknown.
A focus of the book is on physiological dysregulation that accompanies and exacerbates autism. It reviews evidence that limbic damage can both cause and reflect physiological problems, with environmental toxins including heavy metals having a causal role, although concluding that …