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Autism is associated with many etiological factors
- Perinatal suboptimality >>
Increased prevalence may be associated with perinatal interventions
- Blood flow and glucose uptake in the brain >>
Blood flow and metabolism are greatest in the auditory system
- Neuropathology resulting from circulatory arrest or suffocation/asphyxia
Damage is most severe in brainstem auditory nuclei
- Clamping the umbilical cord immediately after birth is accepted practice
Causing disruption of transition from placental to pulmonary respiration
- Neuropathology caused by toxic substances
Damage is similar to that caused by ischemic injury
- Neuropathology caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency >>
Damage is similar to that caused by toxic injury
- Erroneous idea that beriberi was caused by bacterial infection
An example of accepted understanding that turned out to be wrong
- The auditory system is affected in kernicterus
Kernicterus is bilirubin staining (and damage) of subcortical nuclei
- Bilirubin enters the brain following damage to the blood-brain barrier
High bilirubin levels in newborns are dangerous only following ischemic injury
- Vitamin K injection for every newborn
Synthetic vitamin K caused kernicterus - a serious medical error
- Antibiotics and other errors in neonatology
Neonatal antibiotic treatment was found to cause kernicterus.
- Maturation of the brain is impaired following perinatal brainstem injury
Brainstem pathways promote growth of target systems in the cerebral cortex.
- Speech comprehension is lost following injury of the inferior colliculi. >>
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