Comment on "disruption in the inhibitory architecture of the cell minicolumn: Implications for autism"

Neuroscientist

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-191

  Gustafsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Narrow neural columns; Nitric oxide; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CELL; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN;

EID: 2442660168     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404263493     Document Type: Article

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