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Evolutionary Neuropathology
Article I
Evolutionary Neuropathology & Congenital Mental Retardation
Do Environmental Cues Predictive of Maternal Deprivation Influence the Fetus to Minimize
Cerebral Metabolism in Order to Express Bioenergetic Thrift?
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Article II
Evolutionary Neuropathology & Down Syndrome
An Analysis of the Etiological and Phenotypical Characteristics of Down Syndrome Suggests
that it May Represent an Adaptive Response to Maternal Deprivation
Article III
Schizophrenia & Phenotypic Plasticity:
Schizophrenia may represent a predictive, adaptive response to severe environmental adversity
that allows both bioenergetic thrift and a defensive behavioral strategy.
Article IV
Stress Cascade: The Effects of Glucocorticoids on the Hippocampus.
Could Stress Signify the Presence of an Environment that is Inhospitable to Advanced
Cognition?
Article V
Evolutionary Neuropathology and Alzheimer’s Disease:
Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease is an Adaptive, Metabolically Thrifty Compensation for
Diminished Foraging Capacity in Old Age
Article VII
Conceptualizing the autism spectrum in terms of natural selection & natural history: The solitary
forager theory
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