Autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia: Meta-analysis of the neural correlates of social cognition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sugranyes, Gisela ^a,b   Kyriakopoulos, Marinos ^a,c   Corrigall, Richard ^c   Taylor, Eric ^a   Frangou, Sophia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIOPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEORY OF MIND; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 80053610180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025322     Document Type: Review

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