A systems neuroscience approach to autism: Biological, cognitive, and clinical perspectives

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-216

  Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a   Shapiro, Theodore ^a  

^a Weill Med Coll of Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive neuroscience; Etiology; Functional and structural brain imaging; Genetics; Intervention

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AUTISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING; STEREOTYPY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0141633045     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.10081     Document Type: Review

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