Atypical sleep architecture and the autism phenotype

Brain

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1049-1061

  Limoges, Élyse ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Bolduc, Christianne ^a   Berthiaume, Claude ^a   Godbout, Roger ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autistic phenotype; Cortisol; EEG; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONREM SLEEP; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 18744386687     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh425     Document Type: Article

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