Autism as a neural systems disorder: A theory of frontal-posterior underconnectivity

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1292-1313

  Just, Marcel Adam ^a   Keller, Timothy A ^a   Malave, Vicente L ^a   Kana, Rajesh K ^b   Varma, Sashank ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

4CAPS; Autism; Computational model; Connectivity; FMRI; Underconnectivity

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORTICAL UNDERCONNECTIVITY THEORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84857697904     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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