A systematic review and meta-analysis of the fMRI investigation of autism spectrum disorders

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 901-942

  Philip, Ruth C M ^a   Dauvermann, Maria R ^a   Whalley, Heather C ^a   Baynham, Katie ^a   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a   Stanfield, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN;

EID: 84856090311     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.10.008     Document Type: Review

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