Sensory processing in autism: A review of neurophysiologic findings

Pediatric Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Marco, Elysa J ^a   Hinkley, Leighton B N ^b   Hill, Susanna S ^b   Nagarajan, Srikantan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MONITORING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HUMANS; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79954589602     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182130c54     Document Type: Article

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