"The Emerging Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders’’ taking place in San Diego, CA, USA, 11 – 12 November, 2010.

By   registering online before 30 September you can save up to $100 on your registration fee.

ASDs, which includes autism, Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified, typically present with social and language deficits.  Behavioral interventions remain the first-line treatment for ASDs and can ameliorate symptoms in some.

Molecular genetic approaches have begun to identify chromosomal abnormalities and smaller genetic variants that confer high risk for ASDs.  These abnormalities can be explored in model systems and are leading to novel rational therapies. Concurrent studies in patients are identifying systems-level changes that implicate neuronal pathways related to specific symptoms of the ASDs.

To cover all the above in the following article selection is virtually impossible due to the large number of issues involved. However we are delighted to bring you a selection of articles specially selected by the Brain Research editor’s, Richard Smeyne, Patrick Hof, and Frank Sharp.

Access these articles:

•	EEG activation differences in the pre-motor cortex and supplementary motor area between normal individuals with high and low traits of autism
•	Alterations in regional homogeneity of resting-state brain activity in autism spectrum disorders
•	Alterations of resting state functional connectivity in the default network in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
•	Population-based association study and contrasting linkage disequilibrium pattern reveal genetic association of SLC6A4 with autism in the Indian population  from West Bengal
•	EEG study of the mirror neuron system in children with high functioning autism
•	Aberrant functional connectivity in autism: Evidence from low-frequency BOLD signal fluctuations
•	Autism, fever, epigenetics and the locus coeruleus
•	Does Joe influence Fred's action? Not if Fred has autism spectrum disorder
•	Morphological features of the medial superior olive in autism
•	Further studies in the developmental hyperserotonemia model (DHS) of autism: Social, behavioral and peptide changes
•	The discrimination of and orienting to speech and non-speech sounds in children with autism
•	microRNAs in Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
•	Neonatal administration of a vaccine preservative, thimerosal, produces lasting impairment of nociception and apparent activation of opioid system in rats
•	Low sociability is associated with reduced size of the corpus callosum in the BALB/cJ inbred mouse strain
•	VPA-induced apoptosis and behavioral deficits in neonatal mice
•	A seizure-prone phenotype is associated with altered free-running rhythm in Pten mutant mice
•	Neonatal serotonin depletion alters behavioral responses to spatial change and novelty

We are convinced that these articles will prove to be most useful and informative.

If you are attending   Brain Research 2010 we look forward to seeing you there.  If you have yet to register please do so by using the online booking form.

Early booking deadline: September 30
Don't forget, by registering online before September 30 you can save up to $100 and it only takes a few minutes of your time to fill in your details. View further details, including details of reduced delegate rates, program details and registration information   here.