Atypical functional lateralization of language in autism spectrum disorders

Brain Research

Volumn 1221, Issue , 2008, Pages 115-125

  Kleinhans, Natalia M ^a   Müller, Ralph Axel ^b,d   Cohen, David N ^c   Courchesne, Eric ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Category fluency; fMRI; Frontal lobe; Letter fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46049114252     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.04.080     Document Type: Article

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