Fragile X and Related Autism Spectrum Disorders, Volume 172 in the International Review on Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on The dopamine hypothesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: a comprehensive analysis of the evidence, A Review of the Use of Psychotropic Medication to Address Challenging Behavior in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Lipid metabolism alterations in fragile X syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders, Genesis, modelling and methodological remedies to autism heterogeneity, Toward an Understanding of the Role of the Exposome on Fragile X Phenotypes, Glial-mediated dysregulation of neurodevelopment in Fragile X Syndrome, and more.
1. The dopamine hypothesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: a comprehensive analysis of the evidence Denis Paval 2. A Review of the Use of Psychotropic Medication to Address Challenging Behaviour in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Maria Valdovinos 3. Lipid metabolism alterations in fragile X syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders Olivier Dionne 4. Toward an Understanding of the Role of the Exposome on Fragile X Phenotypes Cara Westmark 5. Glial-mediated dysregulation of neurodevelopment in Fragile X Syndrome Angela Scott
Dr. Michael Hurley is a Research Fellow in the Clinical and Movement Neurosciences of UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences.