Deficient brainstem encoding in autism

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1697-1700

  Galbraith, Gary Cloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS;

EID: 45849140088     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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