The Intense World Syndrome – an Alternative Hypothesis for Autism

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-96

  Markram, Henry ^a   Rinaldi, Tania ^a   Markram, Kamila ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

amygdala; autism; connectivity; microcircuit; neocortex; plasticity; valproic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 67149107463     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.1.1.006.2007     Document Type: Review

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