The intrinsic functional organization of the brain is altered in autism

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1877-1885

  Kennedy, Daniel P ^a   Courchesne, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Default mode; Emotion; Functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI); Rest; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38749111465     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.052     Document Type: Article

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