Abstract
This symposium was aimed to present recent advances of child neurological researches on infantile autism in Japan. Four topics were included: neuroendocrinological studies, neurophysiological investigations, neurological model, and a new drug (RTHBP) of infantile autism. These topics were also discussed by two discussants, a pediatrican and a child psychiatrist. Each speaker presented and discussed the problems of infantile autism on the basis of the findings of their own research.
