Early visual cortex organization in autism: An fMRI study

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-270

  Hadjikhani, Nouchine ^a   Chabris, Christopher F ^b   Joseph, Robert M ^c   Clark, Jill ^c   McGrath, Lauren ^c   Aharon, Itzhak ^b   Feczko, Eric ^c   Tager Flusberg, Helen ^c   Harris, Gordon J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Brain imaging; Retinotopy; Visual processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1542350319     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00011     Document Type: Article

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