Using a self-organizing map algorithm to detect age-related changes in functional connectivity during rest in autism spectrum disorders

Brain Research

Volumn 1380, Issue , 2011, Pages 187-197

  Wiggins, Jillian Lee ^a   Peltier, Scott J ^a   Ashinoff, Samantha ^a   Weng, Shih Jen ^a   Carrasco, Melisa ^b   Welsh, Robert C ^b,c   Lord, Catherine ^a   Monk, Christopher S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Connectivity; Default network; Functional MRI; Self organizing map; Superior frontal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REST;

EID: 79952314219     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.102     Document Type: Article

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