Neural network theory and recent neuroanatomical findings indicate that inadequate nitric oxide synthase will cause autism

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2774 PART 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1109-1114

  Gustafsson, Lennart ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; THEOREM PROVING; BRAIN; CIRCUIT THEORY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE;

AUTISM; NEUROANATOMICAL FINDINGS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SLEEP PROBLEMS; ANIMAL STUDIES; MOTOR IMPAIRMENTS; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCICEPTION; PURKINJE CELLS; RAPID GROWTH;

NEURAL NETWORKS; DISEASES;

EID: 2442664727     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-45226-3_151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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