Section 1. Autism spectrum disorders. Epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders / Lisa R. French [and others] ; The behavioral manifestations of autism spectrum disorders / So Hyun Kim, Catherine Lord ; Early manifestations of autism spectrum disorders / Marianne L. Barton [and others] ; Asperger Syndrome and its relationship to autism / James C. McPartland, Fred R. Volknar ; Behavioral and psychosocial interventions for individuals with ASD / Latha V. Soorya, Laura A. Carpenter, Zachary Warren ; Current trends in the pharmacological treatment of autism spectrum disorders / Alexander Kolevzon ; Novel therapeutics in autism spectrum disorders / Evdokia Anagnostou, Caitlyn McKeever, Azadeh Kushki -- Section 2. Etiology of autism spectrum disorders. Etiological heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorders: role of rare variants / Catalina Betancur, Mary Coleman ; Copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders / Christian R. Marshall [and others] ; Common genetic variants in autism spectrum disorders / Richard J.L. Anney -- Next-generation sequencing for gene and pathway discovery and analysis in autism spectrum disorders / Guiqing Cai, Joseph Buxbaum -- Mitochondria and autism spectrum disorders / Robert K. Naviaux ; Parental and perinatal risk factors for autism: epidemiological findings and potential mechanisms / Avi Reichenberg ; The environment in autism spectrum disorders / Kristen Lyall, Rebecca J. Schmidt, Irva Hertz-Picciotto ; Hormonal influences in typical development: Implications for autism / Bonnie Auyeung, Simon Baron-Cohen ; Immune abnormalities and autism spectrum disorders / Majannie Eloi Akintude, Luke Heuer, Judy Van de Water -- Section 3. Brain imaging and neuropatholgy of autism spectrum disorders. Structural and functional MRI studies of autism spectrum disorders / Kimberly A. Stigler, Christopher J. McDougle ; DTI and tractography in the autistic brain / Timothy P.L. Roberts, Jeffrey I. Berman, Ragini Verma ; Attentional network deficits in autism spectrum disorders / Jin Fan ; The cerebellum in autism spectrum disorders / Margaret L. Bauman, Thomas L. Kemper ; The amygdala in autism spectrum disorders / John T. Morgan, Christine Wu Nordahl, Cynthia M. Schumann ; Discrete cortical neuropathology in autism spectrum disorders / Neha Uppal, Patrick R. Hof ; The minicolumnopathy of autism spectrum disorders / Manuel F. Casanova ; Inhibitory and excitatory systems in autism spectrum disorders / Gene J. Blatt ; Clinicopathological stratification of idiopathic autism and autism with 15q11.2-q13 duplications / Jerzy Wegiel [and others] -- Section 4. Model systems and pathways in autism spectrum disorders. Mouse behavioral models for autism spectrum disorders / William C. Wetsel, Sheryl S. Moy, Yong-hui Jiang ; Nonhuman primate models for autism spectrum disorders / Melissa D. Bauman, David G. Amaral ; Inducible pluripotent stem cells in autism spectrum disorders / Alysson Renato Muotri ; A 15q11-q13 duplication mouse model of autism spectrum disorders / Toru Takumi, Keita Fukumoto, Jun Nomura ; Fragile X syndrome and autism spectrum disorders / W. Ted Brown, Ira L. Cohen ; MeCP2 and autism spectrum disorders / Sarrita Adams, Janine M. LaSalle ; SHANK2 and SHANK3 mutations implicate glutamate signaling abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders / Hala Harony, Ozlem Bozdagi Günal, Joseph D. Buxbaum ; PI3K signaling and miRNA regulation in autism spectrum disorders / Showming Kwok, Nikolaos Mellios, Mriganka Sur ; Getting from 1,000 genes to a triad of symptoms: The emerging role of systems biology in autism spectrum disorders / Joseph D. Buxbaum