Abnormal Imitation-Related Cortical Activation Sequences in Asperger's Syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 558-562

  Nishitani, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Avikainen, Sari ^a   Hari, Riitta ^a,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1642404907     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20031     Document Type: Article

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