Acronyms

ADHD

Attention Decit Hyperactivity Disorder

AFM

Association Francaise contre les Myopathies

CAG

A triplet consisting of a sequence of three of the four

nucleotides that make up DNA: C (cytosine), A (adenine),
and G (guanine). Such triplets sometimes occur in repeatsCAGCAGCAG etc.and some diseases such as
Huntingtons Disease occur when there are an unusually
large number of such repeats. The so-called genetic
code carried on molecules of DNA consists of tri-nucleotide units made up of combinations of four bases: A (adenine), T (thymine), C (cytosine), and G (guanine)

CAN

Cure Autism Now

CHADD

Children and Adults with Attention-Decit/Hyperactivity

Disorder

CNS

Central Nervous System

CSF

Cerebro Spinal Fluid

DAN!

Defeat Autism Now!

ECT

Electro Convulsive Therapy

EEG

Electroencephalogram

ELSI

Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (an acronym associated in particular with the allocation of a small propor-

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tion of the funds from the Human Genome project to the

study of these implications of genetic sequencing)
FMRI

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

GAD

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

GAIC

Genetics and Insurance Committee

HAP MAP

Haplotype Mapping. The International HapMap Project

is a partnership of scientists and funding agencies from
Canada, China, Japan, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and
the United States to develop a public resource that will
help researchers nd genes associated with human disease
and response to pharmaceuticals using a technique known
as Haplotype Mapping (see http://www.hapmap.org/)

HD

Huntingtons Disease

IP

Intellectual Property

IVF

In Vitro Fertilization

LSE

London School of Economics and Political Science

MIND

The current name of the U.K.s National Association for

Mental Health

NAAR

National Alliance for Autism Research

NAMI

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NGRI

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant (a pocket or handheld computing device)

PET

Positron Emission Tomography

PGD

Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis

PMDD

Pre Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder

PXE

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, an inherited disorder that affects connective tissue in some parts of the body

RCT

Randomized Controlled Trial

SANE

Schizophrenia, A National Emergency (a U.K.-based

charity working in the area of mental health)

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SARS

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SNP

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism

SNRI

Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor

SPECT

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

SSRI

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (sometimes expanded as Serotonin Selective Reuptake Inhibitor)

TMAP

Texas Medication Algorithm Project

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WHO

World Health Organization

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