Imaging evidence for disturbances in multiple learning and memory systems in persons with autism spectrum disorders

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-213

  Goh, Suzanne ^a   Peterson, Bradley S ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DYSPRAXIA; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MIRROR NEURON; NEOCORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROIMAGING; PUBMED;

EID: 84856989407     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04153.x     Document Type: Review

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