Abnormal functional specialization within medial prefrontal cortex in high-functioning autism: A multi-voxel similarity analysis

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 869-878

  Gilbert, Sam J ^a   Meuwese, Julia D I ^a   Towgood, Karren J ^a   Frith, Christopher D ^b,c   Burgess, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Brodmann Area 10; FMRI; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249166535     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn365     Document Type: Article

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