Abnormal variability and distribution of functional maps in autism: An fMRI study of visuomotor learning

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1847-1862

  Müller, Ralph Axel ^a   Kleinhans, Natalia ^b   Kemmotsu, Nobuko ^b   Pierce, Karen ^b   Courchesne, Eric ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 18844480646     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.10.1847     Document Type: Article

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