Neocortical system abnormalities in autism: An fMRI study of spatial working memory

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 834-840

  Luna, B ^a,d   Minshew, N J ^a   Garver, K E ^a   Lazar, N A ^b   Thulborn, K R ^c   Eddy, W F ^b   Sweeney, J A ^c  

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

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037167569     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.6.834     Document Type: Article

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