The nature of brain dysfunction in autism: Functional brain imaging studies

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Minshew, Nancy J ^a   Keller, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Connectivity; FMRI

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; FACE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; REWARD; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77949383668     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e32833782d4     Document Type: Review

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