Neural circuitry of emotional face processing in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Monk, Christopher S ^a,b   Weng, Shih Jen ^a   Wiggins, Jillian Lee ^a   Kurapati, Nikhil ^a   Louro, Hugo M C ^a   Carrasco, Melisa ^b   Maslowsky, Julie ^a   Risi, Susan ^a   Lord, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77649321396     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.090085     Document Type: Article

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