
Biometals in Autism Spectrum Disorders
- 1st Edition - July 8, 2020
- Author: Andreas Grabrucker
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 1 3 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 1 3 3 - 5
Biometals in Autism Spectrum Disorders focuses on trace metals and autism. Compared to other references examining ASDs or metallomics, this book presents findings of abnorm… Read more

- Reviews the role of trace metals in brain development
- Summarizes research linking trace metals and autism
- Explores heterogenous phenotypes as a factor of genetic and non-genetic factors
- Includes animal and human stem research
- Contains many useful diagrams, tables and flow charts
- Proposes future therapies based on biometal homeostasis
Basic and clinical researchers, neuroscientists, neurologists, neurology and medical trainees, and advanced neuroscience students
1. Introduction to Metallomics: The Science of Biometals2. Measuring Biometals3. The history of metals in autism spectrum disorders4. Essential trace metals and their function in brain development5. Non-essential metals and their brain pathology6. Biometals and nutrition in Autism Spectrum Disorders7. Linking trace metal abnormalities to Autism - insights from epidemiological studies8. The specific role of zinc in Autism Spectrum Disorder9. Animal models for trace metal abnormalities - links to Autism10. Animal models for Autism - links to biometals abnormalities11. Human stem cell models linking biometals abnormalities and Autism12. Extracerebral biometals in Autism Spectrum Disorders: the gut-brain axis13. Biometal homeostasis as therapeutic strategy in Autism Spectrum Disorders14. Future perspectives: Autism, a disorder of biometal imbalance?
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 8, 2020
- Language: English
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