Autism

<p>Preface<br>Mirolyuba Simeonova Ilieva and Way Lau<br>1. The putative etiology and prevention of autism<br>Gary Steinman<br>2. Role of environmental factors and epigenetics in autism spectrum disorders<br>Roheeni Saxena, Melika Babadi, Hasti Namvarhaghighi and Florence I. Roullet<br>3. Genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and big data analysis in the discovery of new diagnostic markers and targets for therapy development<br>Dong Ik Park<br>4. Autism spectrum disorder risk prediction: A systematic review of behavioral and neural investigations<br>Xiujuan Geng, Xin Kang and Patrick C.M. Wong<br>5. Resting-state abnormalities of posterior cingulate in autism spectrum disorder<br>Mei-Kei Leung and Way K.W. Lau<br>6. Neurobiology of sensory processing in autism spectrum disorder  <br>Cheung Pui Pui Phoebe and Lau Benson Wui Man<br>7. The role of the endocannabinoid system in autism spectrum disorders: Evidence from mouse studies<br>Susanna Pietropaolo, Luigi Bellocchio, Ines Bouzon-Arnaiz and Benjamin K. Yee<br>8. The effects of oxytocin administration on individuals with ASD: Neuroimaging and behavioral evidence<br>Elizabeth Baker and Katherine K.M. Stavropoulos<br>9. Microglia in animal models of autism spectrum disorders<br>Megumi Andoh, Yuji Ikegaya and Ryuta Koyama<br>10. The early overgrowth theory of autism spectrum disorder: Insight into convergent mechanisms from valproic acid exposure and translational models<br>Oswald Chen, Isabelle Tahmazian, Hannah J. Ferrara, Bin Hu and Taylor Chomiak<br>11. The role of neuroglia in autism spectrum disorders<br>Caterina Scuderi and Alexei Verkhratsky<br>12. Oxidative stress, metabolic and mitochondrial abnormalities associated with autism spectrum disorder<br>Morten Thorsen<br>13. In vitro models for ASD<br>Sonja Simone Hohmann, Mirolyuba Ilieva and Tanja Maria Michel</p>