Differential effects of developmental cerebellar abnormality on cognitive and motor functions in the cerebellum: An fMRI study of autism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 262-273

  Allen, Greg ^b   Courchesne, Eric ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EYE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037317443     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.2.262     Document Type: Article

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