Impairment of a cortical event-related desynchronisation during a bimanual load-lifting task in children with autistic disorder

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-303

  Martineau, Joëlle ^a   Schmitz, Christina ^b   Assaiante, Christine ^b   Blanc, Romuald ^a   Barthélémy, Catherine ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Autistic disorder; Children; Electroencephalography; Posture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT LIFTING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 4444360394     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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