Post-movement beta rebound abnormality as indicator of mirror neuron system dysfunction in autistic spectrum disorder: An MEG study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 478, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Honaga, Eiko ^a,b   Ishii, Ryouhei ^a   Kurimoto, Ryu ^a   Canuet, Leonides ^a   Ikezawa, Koji ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Nakahachi, Takayuki ^a   Iwase, Masao ^a   Mizuta, Ichiro ^c   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KOBE COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD); Beamformer; Beta rebound; Event related synchronization (ERS); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Mirror neuron system (MNS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HAND; IMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953615643     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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