Autism and abnormal development of brain connectivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 42, 2004, Pages 9228-9231

  Belmonte, Matthew K ^a   Allen, Greg ^b   Beckel Mitchener, Andrea ^c   Boulanger, Lisa M ^d   Carper, Ruth A ^e   Webb, Sara J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Cerebellum; Development; EEG; Electroencephalogram; Frontal; Genetics; Imaging; Immunity; Network

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 7044254733     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3340-04.2004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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