Increased response variability in autistic brains?

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1543-1548

  Coskun, Mehmet Akif ^a   Varghese, Larry ^a   Reddoch, Stacy ^a   Castillo, Eduardo M ^c   Pearson, Deborah A ^a   Loveland, Katherine A ^a   Papanicolaou, Andrew C ^c   Sheth, Bhavin R ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Evoked response; Magnetoencephalography; Somatosensory; Touch; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149134832     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833246b5     Document Type: Article

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