Abnormal functional connectivity of default mode sub-networks in autism spectrum disorder patients

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 247-256

  Assaf, Michal ^a,b   Jagannathan, Kanchana ^a   Calhoun, Vince D ^a,b,c,d   Miller, Laura ^a   Stevens, Michael C ^a,b   Sahl, Robert ^e   O'Boyle, Jacqueline G ^a   Schultz, Robert T ^f,g   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^d University of New Mexico   (United States)

^e HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Functional MRI; High functioning autism; Independent component analysis; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE SUB NETWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955331176     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.05.067     Document Type: Article

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