Abnormal EEG lateralization in boys with autism

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1842-1854

  Stroganova, Tatiana A ^a,b   Nygren, Gudrun ^c   Tsetlin, Marina M ^a   Posikera, Irina N ^a,b   Gillberg, Christopher ^c   Elam, Mikael ^c   Orekhova, Elena V ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; EEG; Lateralization; Mu rhythm; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; EEG ABNORMALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELTA RHYTHM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 34447104482     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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