Neural systems for speech and song in autism

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 961-975

  Lai, Grace ^a   Pantazatos, Spiro P ^a   Schneider, Harry ^a   Hirsch, Joy ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

autism; DTI; functional MRI; language; music

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MUSIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

EID: 84857606868     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr335     Document Type: Article

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