Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Autism

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent differences in social communication and interaction together with restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities, typically emerging in early childhood. It is conceived as a spectrum because pre…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 80× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent differences in social communication and interaction together with restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities, typically emerging in early childhood. It is conceived as a spectrum because presentation and support needs vary widely, and it frequently co-occurs with intellectual differences, language variation, sleep disturbance, gastrointestinal symptoms, and feeding difficulties. Its aetiology is multifactorial, involving substantial genetic contributions alongside neurobiological and environmental influences, and intervention spans behavioural, communication, dietary, and educational approaches. Within verbal behaviour and applied research, autism is a focus for analysis of language acquisition, maladaptive behaviour, and structured intervention. The peer-reviewed work collected here reflects this breadth: feeding problems in children with autism spectrum disorders, gluten- and casein-free and elemental dietary interventions and their evaluation, gastrointestinal disease in affected children, neurofeedback and its efficacy, sleep patterns and the effect of clock changes, neuroscience theories of autism pathophysiology, and conceptual analysis of maladaptive behaviour. Across these studies autism is examined through behavioural, nutritional, neurophysiological, and physiological lenses, with attention to feeding and gastrointestinal comorbidity, sleep, and proposed neurobiological mechanisms. The collection situates autism as a heterogeneous developmental condition studied across behavioural science, nutrition, and neuroscience, with emphasis on intervention, comorbidity, and the mechanisms underlying its presentation.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Neuroscience Theories, Hypothesis and Approaches to ASD Physiopathology. A Review

OJ CastejónCorresponding author
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas “Drs. Orlando Castejón and Haydee Viloria de Castejón” e Instituto de Neurociencias Clínicas, Fundación Castejón, San Rafael Clinical Home. Maracaibo. Venezuela.
Exact topic Neurological Research and Therapy Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-19-2974

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 80 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Verbal Behavior.

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