Brain connectivity and high functioning autism: A promising path of research that needs refined models, methodological convergence, and stronger behavioral links

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 604-625

  Vissers, Marlies E ^a,b   X Cohen, Michael ^a,c   Geurts, Hilde M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Vision Clinics Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Brain connectivity; DMN; DTI; EEG; FMRI; MEG; Resting state; Review

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BOLD SIGNAL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 82855175124     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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