Reward circuitry function in autism spectrum disorders

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-172

  Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,b   Felder, Jennifer N ^a   Green, Steven R ^b   Rittenberg, Alison M ^a   Sasson, Noah J ^c   Bodfish, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Autism; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Nucleus accumbens; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD;

EID: 84857010493     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq095     Document Type: Article

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