Neural activation to emotional faces in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-305

  Weng, Shih Jen ^a   Carrasco, Melisa ^a   Swartz, Johnna R ^a   Wiggins, Jillian Lee ^a   Kurapati, Nikhil ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a,b   Risi, Susan ^a   Lord, Catherine ^a,b   Monk, Christopher S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; Autism; emotion; faces; fMRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79751482234     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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