Similarities in the phenotype of the auditory neural substrate in children with Asperger syndrome and their parents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 986-990

  Jansson Verkasalo, Eira ^a,b   Kujala, T ^a   Jussila, K ^b   Mattila, M L ^b   Moilanen, I ^b   Naatanen R ^a   Suominen, K ^b   Korpilahti, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Auditory perception; Autistic spectrum; Gender; Mismatch negativity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 24144475903     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04216.x     Document Type: Article

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