From loci to networks and back again: Anomalies in the study of autism

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2008, Pages 300-315

  Müller, Ralph Axel ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Developmental disorders; Functional connectivity; Localization

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 57449085348     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1416.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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