fMRI tracks reductions in repetitive behaviors in autism: Two case studies

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,b   Sikich, Linmarie ^a   Mahorney, Steve ^b   Felder, Jennifer N ^a   Lam, Kristen S L ^a   Turner Brown, Lauren ^a   Bodfish, James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger's Disorder; Autism; Celexa; Cingulate gyrus; Citalopram; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Oddball; Repetitive behaviors; Target detection

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CITALOPRAM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954582480     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903559671     Document Type: Article

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