Auditory associative cortex dysfunction in children with autism: Evidence from late auditory evoked potentials (N1 wave-T complex)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1927-1934

  Bruneau, Nicole ^a   Roux, Sylvie ^a   Adrien, Jean Louis ^a   Barthélémy, Catherine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory modulation; Autism; Children; Late auditory evoked potentials; Mental retardation; N1 wave; Stimulus intensity; T complex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032879682     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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