Correlation between EEG abnormalities and symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 791-798

  Yasuhara, Akihiro ^a  

^a Yasuhara Children's Clinic and YCC Education Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; EEG; Epilepsy; Mirror neuron system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77957927397     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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