Oculomotor evidence for neocortical systems but not cerebellar dysfunction in autism

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 917-922

  Minshew, Nancy J ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^b   Sweeney, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEOCORTEX; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033596798     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.5.917     Document Type: Article

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