Neural correlates of autistic traits in the general population: Insights into autism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 849-851

  Kennedy, Daniel P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROIMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; BRAIN CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; STATISTICS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST;

EID: 68149131664     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060829     Document Type: Editorial

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