Enhanced connectivity between visual cortex and other regions of the brain in autism: A REM sleep EEG coherence study

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 280-285

  Léveillé, Cathy ^a,b   Barbeau, Elise B ^a,b   Bolduc, Christianne ^a,b   Limoges, Élyse ^a,b   Berthiaume, Claude ^b   Chevrier, Élyse ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^a,b,c   Godbout, Roger ^a,b,c  

^a Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; EEG coherence; Neural coupling; Occipital cortex; REM sleep EEG; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SIGMA RHYTHM; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP, REM; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251487037     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.155     Document Type: Article

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