Reduced functional connectivity between V1 and inferior frontal cortex associated with visuomotor performance in autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 916-925

  Villalobos, Michele E ^a   Mizuno, Akiko ^a   Dahl, Branelle C ^a   Kemmotsu, Nobuko ^a   Müller, Ralph Axel ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Dorsal stream; Functional connectivity; Mirror neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 16244408961     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.12.022     Document Type: Article

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